“We have no reason to trust anything above our individuality, no reason to hear any organization out or trust that any institution has good faith,” writes Celeste Cariker PZ ‘28. “But still, we have a responsibility to ourselves and the progress we want to see in this nation to be resilient in the face of disappointment, to compose ourselves for the sake of organization and lead lives of joy as a mode of resistance.”
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Social media malignance: Why do I keep stalking my own Instagram page?
In her column “Social media malignance,” Celeste Cariker PZ ’28 grapples with the negative social effects brought upon our generation after having grown up with internet platforms that unnaturally allow us to curate how we are perceived. “This outlet we’ve grown up with that allows us to present a “perfect” version of ourselves seems to have trained us to be profusely apologetic about the less-polished qualities that allow us to be known by others,” writes Cariker.
OPINION: Non-ideological revolution, now.
Conservative policy is so focused on the minutia of social issues and constructing illogical policy that they forget the majority of Americans; but Republicans believe the same things about us Liberals. Celeste Cariker PZ ‘28 believes that the party lines widening into an ocean spells irreconcilable differences for the American democratic system. The solution? Non-ideological revolution, now!“ In our current predicament, I worry that we will never again hear soothing and unifying concessions being made between party lines, like we saw in the election of 1960 for example,” Cariker writes. “Out of all the things we definitely should have left in the 1900s, the humane underbelly of politics should not have gone out of fashion. We must re-value the act of compromise.“