Articles in Politics
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Though election season this year, as ever, focused largely on the question of the presidency, it was in the matter of Congress that America …
On October 7, 2012, Gloria Steinem came to UCLA to offer a lecture called “Women’s Bodies, Women’s Votes,” and, amidst the crowded hall in Broad (one which she would comment later as disliking—as she does …
On May 9th, 2012, President Obama made history. Or at the very least–he made Twitter history. In the first few hours after his statement of personal support for same-sex marriage, Obama’s official same-sex marriage endorsement tweet, which read “Same-sex couples should be able to get married” was retweeted a whopping 50,000 times! To get some perspective on this number, it is approximately half as many tweets as the number banked by the most retweeted post of all time: a promotional tweet by the esteemed Wendy’s restaurant in June of last year.
Keisling, a self-identified trans woman, is an active advocate for the trans community as well as being the founding Executive Director of the National Center of Transgender Equality. Along with moderator Jody Herman, Keisling described the nature of the trans movement, some of her work for the community, and the general successes and goals of the movement.
Ahh, the Republican Primary – what a thrill it has been to watch that hot, sticky mess play out. And while Mitt Romney has emerged as the likely nominee, he hasn’t exactly come out clean. …
First, despite my earlier reservations about Ally Week expressed in last quarter’s issue, I wish to say that I was thoroughly impressed by the work of Kristina Sidrak and the rest of the Internal Vice …
The second annual Ally Week began this year with a presentation on athlete allyship by Hudson Taylor, a wrestling coach at Columbia University. Though raised in a staunchly religious household, Taylor’s experiences in college shifted …
As someone who often has questions about what it means to be a queer feminist of color surrounded by whiteness, I immediately saw this lecture to be of particular importance. While the very …
Over on Bruinwalk on a cold February day, at least three fundraisers are taking place. Most are for Dance Marathon, an event that enlists thousands of students to raise money to fight pediatric AIDS. They’re …
