How journalism hinders female politicians Pick up any major magazine or newspaper that houses a politics section and, if you look hard enough, you will…
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How the ‘obsession with acquisition’ is built into our everyday existence For basic human survival, air, water, food, clothing and shelter are the only necessities…
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How the conflation of patriotism and nationalism has militarized society In 2008, a baseball fan in Yankee Stadium was forcibly ejected by an officer for…
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What the hell happened to the American Dream? They immigrated from Poland in 1935. Came through Ellis Island from Italy. Caught a flight to the…
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‘Femvertising’ abstracted by beauty companies for profit A new generation of advertising has hit the airwaves: campaigns by beauty giants like Dove and Pantene showing…
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The acceptable artificiality of fake laughter LOL! LAWL! ROFL! We all “laugh out loud,” and “roll on the floor laughing,” but do we really mean…
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How big pharmaceutical companies endanger our health This year, one-in-six Americans will decide to go without life-saving medicine, according to Consumerist. And according to a…
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The fallacies of food aid We’ve all been through this ordeal before, ready to scrape half-eaten leftovers into the garbage only to be halted by…
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Gender Verification Testing or Biological Sexism?
by Mila Phelps-Friedl October 10, 2016The history behind justifying discrimination in athletics Since the modern Olympics began and women were finally allowed to compete in the 1900 Olympics, there have…
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When equality is seen as a zero-sum game Racial equality advocates generally believe that greater racial harmony will create a more diverse and unified society.…