Political polarization divides the United States; the media plays an important role in this division as it can publicize and promote polarizing opinions on either side. The election fraud debate during the 2020 election epitomized this polarization; the country split between those who believed and discredited former president Trump’s claims of a stolen election. Massachusetts: […]
ESPN is one of the major sports news companies in the world. As shown below, the top banner on ESPN.com includes shortcuts to only male leagues. The “Soccer” tab is not male-specific, yet when the computer mouse hovers over it, male leagues and teams dominate the screen. The only female team included here is the […]
Pictured: US map colored by party association in the 2020 presidential election. Each state contains the number of votes needed to equal one of their electoral representatives.On average, democratic states needed ~261,437.91 votes to win one electoral representative, while Republicans needed ~318,665.91 (~57,527.61 more on average) in the 2 020 election. The structure of the […]
It’s no secret that beauty products are expensive. According to Business Insider, the beauty industry was worth $532 billion in 2019. Magazine ads use appealing images and seemingly empowering language to say: buy our expensive product and you, too, will be enough. Such popular imaging sets the standards that women compare themselves to. So how […]
Pharmaceutical companies push opioids into the public sphere as if they were injecting them right into the arms of the patients themselves. Opioids are made from natural drugs that are found in the poppy plant and are used to treat pain. There are three types of opioids: prescription (like OxyContin and Vicodin), fentanyl, and heroin. […]
Max Gersch Growing up in a Washington, D.C. daycare, I spent many days wandering through the Smithsonian admiring the breathtaking exhibits, but I took for granted how those museums acquired their art and never wondered how it got where it was. Michael Rakowitz’s current exhibit, Nimrud, at the Wellin Museum at Hamilton College raises provocative […]
By Sofia Riker The idea of the “male gaze” is most visually present in the film industry, where female characters are often depicted through the eyes of a man. Often, this view is overly sexual and “associated with the male protagonist’s point-of-view” (Loreck, 2016). Through camera angles and plot positioning, it has historically been made […]
I am a proud Ohioan. My dorm room is decked out in decorations from various Ohio sports teams. I have taken it upon myself to educate all my friends from the Northeast where Ohio is and what makes it great. However, it has always troubled me that Ohio ranks fifth in human trafficking cases in […]
Peru elected Pedro Castillo and Keiko Fujimori for its Presidential Election run-offs last April 11th This was surprising, to say the least. Far-left candidate Pedro Castillo never appeared on the polls until election day and far-right candidate Keiko Fujimori had just been imprisoned in 2020 for corruption and other charges. In polls, she had high […]
As a female athlete in college I noticed many of my teammates and other friends (who also happen to be athletes) frequently comment on their body weight and defects, and the food they allow themselves or not to consume. After some research, I found that my friends are in a gray area, where they don’t […]
