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We still need feminism

By Jenna Caron -

In May of last year, Kansas City Chiefs kicker Harrison Butker gave a polarizing commencement speech at Benedictine College. After congratulating the graduates for their hard work and integrity in completing their...

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A call for unassuming heroes

By Deniz Gulay -

Chances are that most examples of popular culture you know feature a character designed to be the protagonist. I am not sure if I can call it a “cliche,” but there is...

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How to be friends with the opposite party

By Suhiliah Lall -

Growing up in a largely “red” area of upstate New York as a brown girl with Democratic beliefs, a lot of my friends’ political ideals contradicted mine but never to an extreme...

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Mediating cultural identity and intersectional constructs

By Allison Bonaventura -

Intersectionality describes how identities overlap, creating a socially constructed ethnographic portrait. It can also be performative, entangling people in the cyclical learned behaviors and culture of their race and class. Despite the...

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Turkey's destiny is in the youth's hands

By Deniz Gulay -

I remember the first time I wrote about Turkey for Pipe Dream. I defined Turkey’s state of affairs back then as a metamorphosis; at the start of its second century in existence,...

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Experiencing sonder, embracing connection

By Merrigan Butcher -

Have you ever been stuck in traffic, looking at the endless rows of cars, and caught yourself peering into the windows, attempting to catch a glimpse of the kinds of people inside?...

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Selective activism exposes antisemitism

By Rebecca Szlechter -

In recent weeks, Columbia University and other academic institutions have taken disciplinary action against students and student groups whose protests have crossed the line from political activism to outright antisemitism. Amid the...

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A.I. could never write this

By Natalie Pappalardo -

Over the last century, technology has been rapidly progressing and the latest advancement is artificial intelligence. Improving A.I. has been beneficial in maintaining our status as a world power and increasing efficiency,...

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Finding the middle ground between family vlogging and exploitation

By Danica Lyktey -

I spent my spring break as I’m sure many others did: binge-watching. Amid countless hours consuming media purely for entertainment, I watched a documentary that particularly stood out to me, not just...

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Let history speak for itself in documentaries

By Deniz Gulay -

There are, in my experience, two kinds of documentaries. The first type is what anyone would think of when hearing the word “documentary” — a 45-minute to an hourlong film where an...