There is a common trope in the music industry in which a young pop starlet decides that she’s all grown up, and that it’s time for the rest of the world to know it too. As a result, she starts writing raunchy songs and dressing provocatively with the hopes of aging her fan base and proving that damnit, she’s not a little girl anymore. To apply this concept to literature, the pop star is J.K. Rowling, and her means of asserting her place amongst the grown-ups is her newest novel, The Casual Vacancy.
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Socialist Party candidate Lindsay takes the ballot.
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We are living in a time when women who eloquently explain why birth control is necessary are called “sluts” and pregnant women are compared to livestock. It is important to pay attention to the way politicians talk about women, because the way they talk is an excellent window into the way they think and the way they will legislate.
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Women’s issues ensnared in political blunders
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Suzanne Collins created a futuristic, dystopian world not so different than our own in her trilogy, The Hunger Games, which has just been turned into a huge Hollywood blockbuster. She incorporated many of the problems we are facing today within our country.
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The complexities of job security and free speech at Ithaca College
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I want to talk a lot about the politics of choice. In a society like the United States, where we place so much emphasis on the individual – the individual’s abilities, capabilities, the ‘you can do whatever you want to do’ mentality – I’d like to use the idea of a choice when talking about things.
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The Effects of Migrant Workers in Upstate New York By Julissa Trevino Sarah Lindland, an Ithaca College senior who teaches English to migrant workers, told…
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How Islam is Being Used As An Insult By Emily Stoner A violent terrorist that “hates us for our freedoms.” A controller of women. An…
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By Jackie Simone Red, white and blue crowds erupted in applause and waved signs enthusiastically. Setting a television record, more than 40 million viewers at…
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