The Least Expected Gender Gap: Artificial Intelligence
Chloe Wellington-Hunt
December 29, 2025
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Tech revolutions promise freedom, but this one delivered hierarchy.
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The stories everyone’s talking about aren’t always the stories being told. Here we revisit major headlines with a cooler head and a longer lens—examining context, incentives, and what’s conveniently overlooked once the noise dies down.
Tech revolutions promise freedom, but this one delivered hierarchy.
Media bias in crime coverage favors ideology over facts, excusing leftists like Robinson while vilifying conservatives like Rittenhouse, deepening the U.S. divide. On September 10, Americans were stunned by a senseless act of violence. Charlie Kirk, a popular conservative figure, was violently gunned down in broad daylight and in the full view of thousands who were attending one of his events. The despicable assassination drew condemnation from the American people, the conservative half of the country at least. Two days after the gruesome assassination, law enforcement arrested 22-year-old Tyler Robinson for killing Kirk. Evidence coming out up until now proves the 22-year-old killed Kirk over the conservative activist’s transgender ideology. While Robinson comes from a conservative family, it is safe to say the 22-year-old is a radical leftist. Since word got out of Robinson’s arrest, the leftist media has bent over backwards to rationalize his actions. Robinson’s action has, so far, not been met with the same demonization tactics the media used for January 6 protesters. If anyone is a domestic terrorist and a threat to democracy, as the media portrayed the protesters, it must be the person who murdered his fellow American over differences in political ideology. The Threat
A sharp, satirical lens on modern hypocrisy—where virtue signaling, buzzwords, and moral theatrics replace thought. Satire exposes cultural absurdities and self-deception, forcing readers to laugh, wince, and reconsider what “truth” even means in today’s echo-chamber society.
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.
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 week, Republican Texas legislators released designs for new congressional maps in the Lone Star State. This move followed Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s Special Session Agenda announcement. Sandwiched neatly between actually pressing items such as flood warning systems and natural disaster preparation, Governor Abbott sneakily hid the biggest agenda item: “REDISTRICTING: Legislation that provides a revised congressional redistricting plan in light of constitutional concerns raised by the U.S. Department of Justice.” (Quick digression: this special session is supposed to help Texas grieve and rebuild following such tragic flooding. But Abbott and Texas’ Republicans have another goal in mind: building back red.) The new redistricting plans couldn’t be more clear: change the map and make GOP gains. After all, Texas Republicans hope to gain five U.S. House seats with the new map. So how does this affect Latinos? Well, Latinos appear to be the target, as four of the five drawn up districts are majority Hispanic. The new map–focused on Austin, Dallas, and Houston–brings “more white, Hispanic and Black majority districts,” according to The Texas Tribune’s analysis.
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?
From energy bills to education, from welfare to sanctuary cities, these ideas trap people in dependency, stifle opportunity, and erode self-reliance.
And that’s the point. Because an independent citizen doesn’t need big government—or the Democratic Party.
So when liberals promise to “help,” remember: what they’re really offering is control.
At Penn, I learned that being a politically curious young woman with even mildly conservative leanings meant instant isolation. I joined the College Republicans hoping to engage in open dialogue—but found myself socially exiled by peers who claimed to champion inclusivity. While my male conservative friends flew under the radar, women like me were judged harshly. One friend was ostracized by her entire social circle just for attending a conference. The message was clear: tolerance ends where conservative women begin. And yet, that scrutiny made me stronger.
America’s most dangerous crisis isn’t guns, drugs, or poverty—it’s dad deprivation. With 24.7 million fatherless children, we’re witnessing predictable carnage: 82% of school shooters grew up without stable father figures, 72% of adolescent murderers come from broken homes, and boys without dads are 80% more likely to end up in prison. While politicians deflect with “don’t stigmatize single mothers,” the evidence screams: fatherless boys become dangerous men. We can keep ignoring the data or finally address the root cause destroying our children.