There are four key ingredients to building and maintaining successful friendships: investment, emotional closeness, trust, and support. By Dr. Marcus C. Shepard After a year-and-a-half of battling Zoom fatigue, isolation, and a host of mental strains, it should come as no surprise that some of our friendships have taken a backseat as we try to...
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Andrew Cuomo’s Sexual Assault Allegations Follow a Long List of Abuses
Long-applauded by establishment democrats and liberals, Andrew Cuomo’s actions were consistently protested by local organizers. As Andrew Cuomo exits his post as New York governor in shame due to multiple sexual harassment allegations, I can’t think of a more perfect time to reflect on some of the horrible things he did in office. While liberals...
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Worker Exploitation, Capitalism, and The “Normal” We Can’t Return To
In a capitalist system, “normal” means worker mistreatment and exploitation, and this disproportionately impacts already marginalized groups. By Princess Avianne Charles “Normal” was considered many things but it certainly was not good enough. For many, what was considered normal was mentally and physically draining, it revoked them of their access to basic necessities and it...
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With Both COVID and Abortion Access, The Government Abandons Young People
The dignity, citizenship and humanity of young people have always been treated as unimportant or collateral in culture wars and both national and geopolitical conflicts. CW: r*pe, sexual assault By Kylie Cheung With the new school year around the corner, the Delta variant spreading rapidly among the unvaccinated, and no guidelines still on if and...
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India’s Massive Vaccination Drive is Leaving Women Behind
This essay is published as part of WYV Young Voices, a column highlighting upcoming writers under the age of 21. The vaccination disparity between men and women is due to the government’s inefficacious vaccination policy and India’s patriarchal social norms. CW: COVID-19 deaths By Shreya Kalia India’s Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi gloated about India’s...
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COVID-19 Vaccine Inaccessibility Highlights Barriers To Abortion Access
It’s not a coincidence that both barriers to the vaccine and abortion access have disproportionately affected communities of color. By Kylie Cheung Throughout the United States, many COVID vaccine appointments have been made available to everyone over the age of 16. By April 19, all adults throughout the US became eligible for the vaccine. But...
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An Incantation For Life and Death Under Indian Fascism
Like everything else, the government has privatised loss. The state bargains with death and leaves citizens to bleed while business deals are made with the fallen bodies. CW: Coronavirus, death, communal riots By Rohitha Naraharisetty The long and short of it is that, in this country, in the company of death, I am running out...
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What A Black Woman Medical Provider Sees Watching The COVID-19 Pandemic Unfold
Medical racism persists beyond historical fact to become current tradition, and inequalities can only be magnified by the circumstance of an emergency. How many more opportunities for widened healthcare disparity has COVID-19 given us? By Racquel Reid, MD As the population of the United States trudges doggedly through endless months of uncontrolled COVID-19 spread, my...
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Mayor Lightfoot Pushes for In-person Learning As Chicago’s COVID-19 Cases Continue to Rise
Lori Lightfoot is only further revealing her own anti-Blackness through her willingness to harm marginalized students and educators by pushing for in-person learning during a deadly pandemic. By Gloria Oladipo Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot is once again screwing over Black and Brown communities in Chicago, this time with the help of President Joe Biden. Big...
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How Food Insecurity and Eating Disorders Are Connected
Blaming individuals experiencing food insecurity for their food choices and body size puts them at even higher risk for disordered eating behaviors and developing Eating Disorders. CW: discussions of disordered eating behaviors and eating disorders By Patrilie Hernandez An estimated 50.4 million people currently experience food insecurity in the United States, and those numbers are...