Posts in Opinion
Did You Know It Was Sexual Assault Awareness Month? Probably Not.

Moving to New York City one of my parents’ first concerns was making sure that I was going to stay safe. I always laughed and said that they didn’t need to worry about me, that “I was a big girl now.” I laughed when my grandpa gave me a taser as one of Christmas gifts and when my grandma gave me two containers of self-defense pepper spray.

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All In

I write this op-ed knowing that it has the potential to stand as the closest thing to an endorsement during this year’s SBP Election. I am not interested in fueling faction, division, and malice—I am just writing what I think I can contribute to the discussion.

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Your Screen is a Bad Dinner Date

Regular shared meals are important for parents and children who still live at home, but also for people who live on their own. Too many lonely cubicle meals prompted me to start having “family dinners” with my roommates and friends. It is difficult to plan so that my roommate and I can sit at our kitchen table and eat together, but it’s worthwhile even if only for 15 minutes.

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Slurpees and Shotguns: How American Portrayals of Russian Characters in TV are Bad for Diplomacy

By capitalizing on real-world political fears and national stereotypes, directors can elicit feelings of dread with villains who are flatter than their own crew cuts. But besides simply producing bad art, the writers who rely on manufactured Russian hitmen for their thrills influence real-life relations between Russia and the West—and not for the better. 

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