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National Avocado Day
Avocado...the trickiest food to prepare, the key ingredient in guacamole, and the reason millennials aren't able to afford to buy houses. I love avocados. I didn't when I was younger, but something changed in me. I grew older. I grew wiser. ...
The Mistakes Dress
***Guest Post*** Like many people in college, my friends and I were young, broke, and sometimes stupid. We made dumb decisions about how much to spend on sushi, how long that political econ homework actually take, and what kind of shoes ...
Sorry Not Sorry
Public apologies: the quickest way to say you're sorry without having to actually show any remorse. We've seen a slew of public apologies since the #MeToo movement began, but if we think back, we can see they're really nothing new. ...
#MeToo, Madigan
Timothy Mapes Harassment Scandal (LINK) Does the #MeToo movement still matter? Haven't we talked about this enough? Surely everyone knows and understands how unacceptable sexual harassment in the workplace is by now! If you're like many Americans, you've heard these questions. Maybe ...
There is no such thing as other people’s children.
Do we really trust that our children are safe in immigration detention camps? Do we look at a tent city full of babies and think we've done the right thing? Can we ignore the lifelong trauma our children will face ...
Bachelorette Background
Our American obsession with reality TV says a lot about us as a culture. Some people love reality TV. Some people love to judge those people. But with a reality TV star sitting in the Oval Office, we can't deny ...
It’s not your fault. Ever.
Content note: discussion of violent sexual assault and victim-blaming. . . . . . A student was violently sexually assaulted by an acquaintance this weekend at NIU (LINK to article). The student was working on a final project for school when the attacker stopped by, physically ...
