My hands swiftly part white hangers as I waltz down a row of pre-loved tees. Pale yellow after stark white, graphic after graphic, I pause at the garments that catch my eye. I glimpse a red t-shirt with Minecraft characters illustrated on the front, pull the shirt from the
Author: Sydney Osterweil-Artson
Critiquing Call-Out Culture: The Need For Intersectional Education
Call-out culture demands accountability in a society where bigotry is institutionally protected and legalized. By publicly calling out peers, marginalized students demand change from their privileged counterparts. This public intervention is a means of self-assertion amidst social inequality and marginalization. Articles such as the “White Girl, Take Off Your Hoops,”
To Prevent Sexual Assault, Look Beyond Drinking Culture
This article broadly discusses sexual assault, rape, mental health, and other potentially triggering topics. Our country offers alcohol and drug culture widespread attention. Popular media – coming-of-age television shows and movies, Instagram photos, “I’m Shmacked” Youtube videos – valorizes alcohol culture as a performance of socioeconomic privilege. Alcohol culture represents the quintessential
Holding Higher Education Institutions to Their Promises
Early European colonists funneled indigenous children into boarding schools under a mask of religious charity. In the United States, education was a means of colonization and eradicating Native culture. The trauma of colonization led to Native peoples’ distrust for non-Native educational institutions and government agencies. What remains is intergenerational trauma and a