Max Chis | staff writer Another year, another semester of life on a college campus where the resources to address mental health are inadequate. As per usual, when institutions fail to provide more extensive and better quality of care, it becomes the burden of student groups to make up for institutional failings, inevitably in insufficient […]
Julia Lee | staff writer Shadi Petosky, a trans woman, made national headlines in September when she live-tweeted her experience with the Transportation Security Administration at an Orlando airport. TSA officers stopped Petosky at a full-body scanner for showing an “anomaly” — her penis — according to her tweets. The extensive questioning in the back […]
People who menstruate are so often berated for and discouraged from even mentioning their periods, a bodily process they have zero control over.
Monica Silny | staff writer It is generally understood among marginalized groups that representation in mainstream media is severely out of balance, with nearly every narrative occupied by the infamous straight, white, ambulatory male. While watching TV late at night, you may have to lean in to the screen to find women in meaningful roles, […]
Ana Koerner | staff writer While grieving the loss of her son and husband in the same year, my great-aunt was forcibly sterilized by the Nazis under the pretense that she was mentally ill – a shame to the Aryan race. It’s easy to assume such horrific things only happen under brutal dictatorships in faraway […]
Max Chis | staff writer Recently I came across a political cartoon by Ben Garrison made in response to the Yale and Mizzou protests entitled, “Attack of the Crybullies.” A group of 25-foot screaming infants simulacra of college students race down a road, crying at the top of their lungs about “MY FEEWINGS!” and wielding […]
Kenneth Ward | alumnus Trigger Warning: Suicide “Steven Universe” is a show on Cartoon Network with a passionate, progressive fan base. The show prominently features strong female characters, racial diversity, sexual diversity, gender diversity, physical diversity and includes many voice actresses of color. This is what makes up the core of “Steven Universe,” and naturally […]
Kat Mullavey | guest writer When I look at the covers of the magazines lining the checkout counter of Giant Eagle, I see them exactly as they existed in 1954, with the exception of “20 DIY Christmas Ideas!” plastered across Jennifer Aniston’s tits. Good job, everyone. We have at least broken the mold of sexual […]
Casey Reiland Mirrors are powerful tools. They allow people to reflect on themselves and marvel at their appearances, admiring the color of their eyes or the whiteness of their smiles. However, mirrors can be weapons too. With America’s obsession over body image, mirrors can create warped reflections of a person, causing self-hate and humiliation over […]
Anonymous I wonder if John Locke, when he penned his acclaimed essays that would later inspire the American Revolution, could have guessed that hundreds of years later, foulmouthed American men on Facebook would be distorting his work through Internet memes, gleefully spreading misogyny and racism alongside references of pop culture. Did Voltaire know that in […]
