**TW: Mentions of sexual assault/abuse and suicide** For fans of the popular YA novel, Thirteen Reasons Why, March 31st was an exciting day. Netflix released the much awaited televised adaptation of the book. At first, viewer response was overwhelmingly positive. The storylines and characters are complicated and complex, making it difficult to truly— in the […]
Read More Press Play: A Critical Analysis of ’13 Reasons Why’It’s been almost thirty years since the birth of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, almost thirty years since differently-abled individuals were offered protection from discrimination in all areas of life, including school, work, transportation, etc. And yet, almost thirty years after that legislation was passed, the way that we, as a society, […]
Read More Ableism is and EpidemicAt the end of freshman year, I went out with a group of friends. The night started innocently enough— we tried on different outfits, played our favorite songs and took millions of Snapchats and Instagram photos. It was supposed to be a final hurrah before finals week started, a night of unadulterated fun before we’d […]
Read More Sorry, Maroon 5, But Getting Drugged Isn’t a PartyReality TV is addictive and a majority of television viewers have found themselves ten episodes deep into a marathon of Keeping Up With the Kardashians, Bravo darlings such as Vanderpump Rules and The Real Housewives, or this season’s favorite show to hate, The Bachelor. It’s difficult to deny the temptation of watching as the lives […]
Read More The Real Consequences of Reality TVWith the recent political landscape continuously taking a turn for the worst whilst simultaneously turning against immigrants, refugees, POC, the LGBTQ+ community, Muslims, public and special education programs and women’s rights, etc. it’s become a scary America to exist in. And, with Congressional spite fueling and unnecessary repeal (without a logical replacement, but that’s of […]
Read More I-U-Me? A Few Things You Should Know About IUDsToday, I find myself in a precarious position of devastation, desperation and helplessness. I, like a majority of Americans who voted, did not want to see this cabinet replace that of the Obama Administration. I, like a majority of Americans, felt that when it came to deciding between a highly qualified, experienced woman and a […]
Read More Stay NastyThe Riot Grrrl movement of the 90’s is one among many of the underappreciated movements that propelled feminist ideas and influences into the pop culture spotlight. It was a movement based in music that rose out of the punk rock subculture in the Pacific Northwest. Riot Grrrl was about consciousness raising and it wasn’t afraid […]
Read More Hunger Makes Me a Modern Girl— a ReviewArtificial intelligence (AI) is the development of computer systems that can perform in ways that would typically require a level of human intelligence as a means of aiding their human counterparts (think Siri, Alexa, GPS systems, etc.). However, the gendered nature of AI programming is much less complex— it has its roots in the same […]
Read More Nurture vs. Nature— The Sexist Nature of Artificial IntelligenceAs many of us were disappointed to discover early last Wednesday morning, Donald Trump had become the next president-elect of the United States. It was a difficult election to watch— sitting criss-cross-applesauce on the floors of our homes, the light from our TVs illuminating tear-stained cheeks and furrowed brows. Many of us had been with […]
Read More Graffiti? More Like Gra-Are You For Real?Secretary Clinton, In the aftermath of a shifting reality that I can no longer make sense of, I have found myself in a strange place of speechlessness while at the same time, needing more than ever, the words to express my deep devastation over the results of last night’s election. I come to you from […]
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