Natalie Nelson | Staff Writer With one year and seven months left to go until the next United States presidential election, politicians (and some non-politicians) have been declaring their presidential candidacies. Prominent figures such as Kamala Harris, Elizabeth Warren, Beto O’Rourke, and Tulsi Gabbard have been described as strong forces for underrepresented groups in the […]
Bailey Layish | Staff Writer Living with type one diabetes is exhausting. Chronic illnesses are never ending. Diabetes is a full-time job on top of schoolwork. Diabetes is a list of things to always keep in my head: blood sugar, carbs, insulin. Diabetes is an endless reminder that my body isn’t working properly and I […]
Regan Kelly | Staff Writer Science is inseparable from psychology. Do we believe what we are seeing? Are there confounding variables? And is it something we should even care about? According to the psychology of immediacy, if it doesn’t impact us in a distinct or tangible way, we’re not going to spend the energy trying […]
Natalie Nelson | Staff Writer On June 19, 2018, Antwon Rose was murdered by East Pittsburgh police officer Michael Rosfeld while Rose was fleeing from a car that was allegedly involved in a hit and run a few minutes prior. The events of Rose’s death took place only a week after he was trained and […]
Molly Gonzales | Rising Editor-in-Chief Content Warning: Sexual Assault It almost seems like years since the Brett Kavanaugh trial bombarded our newsfeeds, running a complete monopoly on all the headlines. The story captivated the American public as we watched hysterical 54-year old Kavanaugh throw a tantrum on live television. His eventual swearing in unveiled a […]
J Mogilyansky | Contributor In their essay, “Coming Home: Queer South Asians and the Politics of Family,” Alok Vaid-Menon, a transgender South Asian activist, writes about being forced to leave their heritage and family behind in order to assimilate to white LGBT activism. They found themselves buying into the white narrative that immigrants and people […]
Elsa Eckenrode | Staff Writer The ways intersex individuals have been treated by medical professionals in the past has largely been influenced by the medicalization of gender identity. It can be understood clearly through analyzing the history of intersexuality’s medicalization that it was done deliberately to preserve America’s ideals of normative gender. Intersexuality is a […]
Kiaya Sechrest | Managing Editor I saw my therapist today. I have been meeting with her for over a year now, so today she wanted to evaluate my “progress.” I am not happy all of the time because that’s not something that humans are allowed to be, but I am impressed with myself. […]
Kathryn Fleisher | Business Manager The 2018 Midterm Elections yielded a long list of “firsts” for women of color in terms of electoral representation. During this past election cycle, the first Native American women were elected to Congress, the first Muslim women were elected to Congress (including the first Somali refugee), and many districts across […]
Molly Gonzales | Layout Editor “PA Priests Graduated from PSU,” reads the bed sheet hung from the wrap-around-porch of an Atwood Street row house. Snickering Pitt students crowd around the sign to take pictures for Snapchat and Instagram. “This one might be the best we’ve seen!” a girl in a tie-dye shirt covered in Greek […]
