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·Apr 16, 2020

I Believed in Prison Abolition Until My Own Father Was Assaulted

It’s easier to think someone is redeemable when they don’t hurt someone you love — Around 11 p.m. on August 27, 2019, a notification appeared on my phone. I saw through a location-sharing app that my mom was at our local hospital, and she never leaves the house at night. I called her several times. No answer. Then I called my dad. I didn’t get…

Justice

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I Believed in Prison Abolition Until My Own Father Was Assaulted
I Believed in Prison Abolition Until My Own Father Was Assaulted
Justice

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Published in ZORA

·Sep 24, 2019

Andrew Yang’s Idea of Meritocracy Is Impossible and Dangerous

There should be no ‘right’ way to be an immigrant in order to enter into the United States — During the immigration section on the second night of the July Democratic presidential debates, candidate Andrew Yang, a tech entrepreneur and a graduate of Phillips Exeter, Brown University, and Columbia Law School, said, “My father immigrated here as a graduate student and generated over 60 U.S. patents for GE and…

Immigration

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Andrew Yang’s Idea of Meritocracy Is Impossible and Dangerous
Andrew Yang’s Idea of Meritocracy Is Impossible and Dangerous
Immigration

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Published in PERIOD

·Nov 9, 2018

The White Washing of #MeToo

There are many Americans who cognitively operate under the just-world fallacy, the tendency of humans to believe that good people will be rewarded and bad people will be punished. We are lead to believe that the fruits of devoted effort and hard work will be recognized, which unfortunately is not…

Sexual Assault

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The White Washing of #MeToo
The White Washing of #MeToo
Sexual Assault

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Published in PERIOD

·Aug 23, 2018

14 Going on Forever: My Feminist Awakening

TW: Mentions of suicide and mass shooting* I would like to claim that I became a feminist when I first spilled my blood, my underwear stained in a vibrant red shade of young womanhood and social stigma, but my initiation into the feminist fold happened as a result of other…

Feminism

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14 Going on Forever: My Feminist Awakening
14 Going on Forever: My Feminist Awakening
Feminism

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Published in PERIOD

·Aug 14, 2018

Argentina Votes Against Decriminalizing Abortion

While here in the United States the fate of Roe v Wade hangs in precarious balance as Americans wait for the Senate’s vote on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, the majority Catholic nation of Argentina has faced a major blow in securing abortion rights and ultimately, women’s rights. On August…

Abortion

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Argentina Votes Against Decriminalizing Abortion
Argentina Votes Against Decriminalizing Abortion
Abortion

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Published in PERIOD

·Aug 7, 2018

Proud Womanist.

1. From womanish. (Opp. of “girlish,” i.e. frivolous, irresponsible, not serious.) A black feminist or feminist of color. From the black folk expression of mothers to female children, “you acting womanish,” i.e., like a woman. Usually referring to outrageous, audacious, courageous or willful behavior. Wanting to know more and in…

Women

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Womanism or Feminism?
Womanism or Feminism?
Women

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Published in PERIOD

·Aug 6, 2018

Progress: Breastfeeding in Public Is Now Legal Nationwide

On July 13, Christian Science Monitor published some exciting and empowering news: breastfeeding in public has now become legal in all fifty states, plus Washington, D.C., Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Stragglers Idaho and Utah were the final two states to approve the law. This legislation comes as a…

Breastfeeding

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Progress: Breastfeeding in Public Is Now Legal Nationwide
Progress: Breastfeeding in Public Is Now Legal Nationwide
Breastfeeding

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Published in PERIOD

·Aug 3, 2018

Op-Ed: Far Too Young

This post reflects the opinions of the author and not necessarily those of PERIOD. I first realized that I had boobs during a Spirit Week capture the flag game in the third grade. I was standing on the end line of my school’s tiny gymnasium, wearing my favorite shirt at…

Women

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Op-Ed: Far Too Young
Op-Ed: Far Too Young
Women

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Published in PERIOD

·Jul 31, 2018

In*Sync?

It’s the Grand National Debate Tournament in Washington, D.C. Exhausted from walking around in the humid D.C. heat, my roommates and I are sitting in our hotel room, ruminating over what to do. Someone mentions that our hotel has a pool. “I can’t go swimming right now. I’m on my…

Periods

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In*Sync?
In*Sync?
Periods

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