‘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.…
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Why objectivity at all costs hurts journalism Objectivity is one of the pillars of traditional American journalism. Reporters are told they must report dispassionately and…
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How the political spectrum shuts out progressives “I’m voting for one candidate because I’m afraid of what the other is capable of.” You hear something…
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Representation and equity in the arts A little over a year after its broadway debut, Hamilton’s tickets are still selling out at outrageous prices and…
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How society looks out for the wrong people in rape cases By now, many people know the story. In January of 2015, Brock Turner —…