Look no further than University of Oklahoma for the newest culture war plaguing social media. Last week, the Turning Point USA chapter at OU published
Why, how, what? Straight women in happy, loving relationships tiptoe through life, especially in urban areas, as if every straight couple walking around SOHO holding hands is personally responsible for the housing crisis and grocery store prices. It’s now safer to hide your partner than celebrate them, better to be miserable than fulfilled in a loving relationship.
It’s challenging to navigate because it’s easy to be a conservative activist, and it’s easy to be a liberal activist—but finding a nuanced middle ground is hard. I’m learning what it means to stay true to my values while having productive political conversations.
“If you’re questioning your beliefs, that’s not weakness. That’s growth. If your convictions are real, they should withstand your doubts and your questions.” – Caroline Stout
“The animal industrial complex is a very useful term because it captures the complexity of the exploitation humans have created for non-human animals. It points to a network rather than simply a collection of businesses—a network that is largely invisible yet multi-layered, encompassing economic, political, media, academic, and social dimensions. Together, these layers work to produce, promote, and perpetuate the systematic and institutionalized exploitation of non-human animals across all business sectors.”
Charlie Kirk may have been a polarizing figure, but he believed in the power of conversation across differences. In a time of political violence and hatred, his death reminds us that dialogue, empathy, and understanding are essential to preserving democracy and our shared humanity.
When the waters rose in Hunt, Texas this July, life-long resident Kylie Nidever stood at her window and stared at the neighborhood, only to see
The current state of affairs: the Trump-Led Republican Party Continues to Reject Latinos, But Expects Them to Vote Red. Makes sense, right? Within the last
These sort of pop culture advertisements don’t exist in a vacuum, immune to ongoing political phenomena and discourse. To say otherwise would be ignorant. Ads mean something, and they mean something especially in the context of a given moment. We can agree that jeans are American. So, what does it mean when you take the token white woman in Hollywood as the spokesperson for jeans talking about her eye color and hair color while flaunting her body? Is that what America is?