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How Much is Your Vagina Really Costing You? The Tampon Tax and Gender Price Discrimination

  Walking down the hall of almost any Scripps dorm, you’ll notice a bowl of condoms and occasionally a few remaining packs of lubricant sitting on a table. These items, provided by our RAs, are considered a necessity to our health, as protected-sex should be. However, at our college, there is no free or paid […]

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Taking and Making Space

As hundreds of students gathered in front of Honnold-Mudd Library last Thursday, anticipating the beginning of the Blackout March in solidarity with marginalized people of color throughout the country and around the world, one of the organizers issued this reminder to the white allies in the group: “You are here to support the space, not […]

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The Limit Does Not Exist: Gun Violence and Our Endless “Enough”

I had a different post prepared for today. Then there was another school shooting, this time at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. As of this writing, 10 people were killed. At once, Twitter filled with outpourings of grief and outrage. People asked when we, as a nation, would finally decide that enough was enough. That […]

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Students protesting against a Jefferson County Board of Education proposal to review the curriculum, September 23, 2014. (RJ Sangosti, The Denver Post)

Patriotism, Progress, and Defining America’s Past

  When the high school students in Denver took to the streets to protest the changes to make their history curriculums more patriotic, they were making a point that, as Eugene Debs put it, “intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization.” Progress, from this viewpoint, is created by people who actively disagree with the system […]

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Peggy Noonan: What a Conservative Commentator Is Doing at Liberal College

  Scripps, obviously, is a liberal college. It is impermissible to be anything to the right of militantly pro-choice and vaguely socialist. Which is why the Elizabeth Hubert Malott Public Affairs Program is so fascinating. The speaker series, which began in the 2006-07 school year, specifically brings conservative political actors to campus for the purpose […]

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Women’s Dress in Politics: A Balance of Femininity and Force

In politics, society seems to be preoccupied by politicians’ dress. Nikki Broderick wonders why there are extravagant expenses and unrelenting media focus on an aspect of a candidate that does not affect her or his ability to lead.

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French Burqa Ban

In October, France officially banned burqas; now, a debate rages addressing image, political agendas, religious intolerance and women’s rights. Should one be allowed to express their religious identity even if it is banned by law?

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France Takes a Chop at Photoshop

A newly proposed bill in France requires a label on airbrushed photos. Does this impede on artistic right, or is it a necessary law to protect people’s psychological health?

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