By Bridget Simons (‘20)
The chant started in the northern end of the stadium. It was faint at first, but it soon grew into a deafening roar as thousands of fans inside Stade de Lyon cried “EQUAL PAY!” during the closing seconds of the US Women’s National Team’s (USWNT) 2019 World Cup victory. Moments later, millions more fans watched on television as Nike aired an advertisement celebrating the players as leaders “fighting not just to make history, but to change it – forever.”
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Try to Be an Afropessimist
By Theresa Azemar (‘21)
Is the concept of Blackness, as it has been defined throughout history, inextricably rooted in colonization? Is there a chance for this racialized classification to be decolonized? Can it ever be permanently removed from its historical association with degeneracy, subordinacy, and sub-humanity?
The Collision of Worlds: Exploring the Complexities and Tradeoffs of Integration in Education
By Michaela Echols (‘21)
The social integration of schools serves as one of the key components of improvement in educational landscapes worldwide. The social stratification that has defined many educational landscapes has resulted in the marginalization of students from lower socio-economic status (SES) backgrounds and/or who belong to minority groups. Social integration has been recognized as an equalizer of sorts simply because it places these students in the same building.
Clothing as a Tool for Oppression and Emancipation in Women’s Tennis
By Ingrid Heimer (‘21)
Most of history’s fashion controversies have a common denominator: they involve women.
Three Tales of a City
By María Luisa Paúl (‘21)
A collection of three original opinion pieces, telling three stories from South Bend, Indiana.
C. Wright Mills: Intellectual, Revolutionary, Or Both?
By Max Forbes (‘23)
It seems natural that the upstart movements that characterized the 1960s in America began with someone who went against the grain, the firebrand sociologist C. Wright Mills. The leather jacket-wearing and motorcycle-riding Texan turned New Yorker fit in nicely with the rebellious aesthetic of the ‘60s, but it was his ideas that mattered the most in spawning the decade that many say changed America forever.
The Power of Reclaiming Native American Languages
By Hailey Oppenlander (’22)
The Bureau of Indian Affairs and many Christian missionaries outlawed Native tongues at their boarding schools, and some languages died out due to these concerted efforts to eliminate them.
A Case for Injustice
By Emmet Powell (‘23)
In the late 1960s, the Civil Rights Movement struggled in pursuit of social justice and equal rights under the law for Black Americans in the United States. At the forefront of the movement were artists like David Hammons, who used their work to progress the cause.
“Bone Black” and the Ubiquity of Ruin
By Alexia Zolenski (‘22)
It’s summer in Detroit, Michigan. Between the lofty tower of the GM Renaissance Center and the MacArthur Bridge to Belle Isle lies the city’s Warehouse District. As the sun beats down upon a collection of abandoned buildings, the former home of Northern Engineering Works stands, its dull red brick glowing brighter, albeit slightly, in the rays.
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