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Brittany Bengert

Our Representative Democracy: Accountability and the Power of the Vote

It seems the next election cycle is again upon us as candidates are declaring their intents to run at the national, state, and local…

Feb 3, 2019

Our Representative Democracy: Accountability and the Power of the Vote

Feb 3, 2019

Brittany Bengert

How Heartbreaking is the Reality of Fiction when Fear Rules Our Politics

Why is how we feel about something more important than the facts that may prove the feeling wrong? Why is being the victim both shameful…

Oct 5, 2018

How Heartbreaking is the Reality of Fiction when Fear Rules Our Politics

Oct 5, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Online Personas and Our Complicity in Portraying Opinions as Facts

In the grand scheme of things, the intricacies of our day to day dealings with the press add up to behaviors and thought patterns that tell…

Sep 13, 2018

Online Personas and Our Complicity in Portraying Opinions as Facts

Sep 13, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Enough.

Enough. I miss having a president I respected and to be sure, I have great respect for former presidents of both parties. The time has long…

Aug 2, 2018

Enough.

Aug 2, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Political Identity and Intergroup Cooperation

Identity Politics is a term than can encapsulate numerous definitions of to what and with whom a person may identify. It is not merely…

Jul 13, 2018

Political Identity and Intergroup Cooperation

Jul 13, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Being Rude Isn’t the Same as Being Racist

The news this week has been filled with stories of Roseanne Barr’s use of a racist “joke,” the subsequent cancellation of her primetime…

Jun 1, 2018

Being Rude Isn’t the Same as Being Racist

Jun 1, 2018

Brittany Bengert

MAGA, the Two-Party System, and the Forgotten Voter

Make America Great Again. There are multiple problems with this statement/slogan. First, when did America stop being great? What’s more, do…

May 18, 2018

MAGA, the Two-Party System, and the Forgotten Voter

May 18, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Is it Two-Faced to use #Metoo and Call People Sluts and Whores?

The #Metoo movement is real and it has already had lasting impacts on women empowerment and the sexual predators that thought they’d get…

May 8, 2018

Is it Two-Faced to use #Metoo and Call People Sluts and Whores?

May 8, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Joy Reid, Homophobia, and the Evolution of a Person’s Beliefs

Joy Reid, an MNSBC host, has come under scrutiny recently for some old blog posts she authored that had less than complimentary statements…

Apr 30, 2018

Joy Reid, Homophobia, and the Evolution of a Person’s Beliefs

Apr 30, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Full Equality for All and the Draft

The Civil Rights Movement brought to life the glaring discrepancy between not just the races, but among the genders as well. The late 1990s…

Apr 29, 2018

Full Equality for All and the Draft

Apr 29, 2018

Brittany Bengert

Brittany Bengert

I’m a mom that enjoys writing and am a political junkie. Presidential history, women’s rights, and full equality for the LGBTQ community!

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