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Dear Penn: Your “Messages” to the Penn Community Aren’t Enough
Penn once again gives their condolences, but fails to address their role in the problem.
by HANNAH YUSUF
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Behind the Hidden Politics of the Nobel Prize
Unpacking Louise Glück's recent honor and the uncertain future of a literary Nobel.
by ANDREW BASILE
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Our Bodies are just Bodies
By celebrating what our bodies do over what they look like, body neutrality presents a cure to our image–obsessed culture.
by REMA BHAT
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Presidential Debates Have Lost Their Worth
Why these events must detach from their current state of pure entertainment.
by JESSICA XU
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The Politics of 'Papers, Please': Border Control and Biological Essentialism
Lucas Pope’s 2013 release is an empathy game with the typical messy moralities of video games.
by KATHRYN XU
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The Gentrification of Fashion: Re–Selling on Depop
Price–gouging and fast–fashion shaming render sustainability exclusive.
by REMA BHAT
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Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia—But You Still Need to Vote.
Despite Trump's claims of corrupt mail–in ballots, you should vote.
by JULIA ESPOSITO
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Our Altered Relationship with Time
What happens when pandemic time meets the Penn semester calendar?
by PEARL LIU
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Penn Debate Society Evaluates the First Presidential Debate
Both candidates have strong ties to Penn, but would they have made the debate team?
by KIRA WANG
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Hello Kitty ACAB: The Aestheticization of Politics
"Woke" memes aren't the flex you think they are.
by REMA BHAT
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An Open Letter to 'Saturday Night Live': Don't Joke About the Debate
Because it's just not funny anymore.
by JULIA POLSTER
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Asian Arts Initiative Raises Money for USPS with Pen Pals Project
As USPS faces pressure to perform amid financial constraints, this project merges art activism with the need for communication to buoy the social service.
by ALICE HEYEH
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An Ode to The Crazy Woman
The reduction of a woman's identity to a merely dismissive adjective is a trope as old as time.
by AAKRUTI GANESHAN
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Queer Dating On Campus: What It’s Like for Lady–Loving Ladies
A recently re–shaped social club, Sappho, aims to create a safe space for Queer women.
by JULIA ESPOSITO
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What Does It Mean To Be An Ally?
A conversation about allyship with four of Penn’s powerful Black voices about how the Penn community—and world at large—can ensure anti–racism is a movement, not a moment.
by EVA INGBER
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Regressive or Radical? An Insight Into the Debate Surrounding OnlyFans
How misogyny plagues the way in which women are allowed to take ownership of their bodies and identities.
by AAKRUTI GANESHAN
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Making Worlds is Making Strides Towards Inclusivity
This local bookseller has found a silver lining among the summer's chaos: People are thirsty for books.
by JULIA ESPOSITO
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Why Upperclassmen Should Check Out This Year’s Penn Reading Project
James Baldwin's "My Dungeon Shook" reminds readers that the America of the 1960s isn't all that different from today's.
by JULIA ESPOSITO
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How Diverse Podcasts Make Film and Television Look Bland
Fiction podcasts regularly integrate diversity and queerness in their stories. Why can't mainstream entertainment catch up?
by HARSHITA GUPTA
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Singapore Is Fighting a War Against Reality
How the country's residents experience privilege at the cost of propaganda.
by AAKRUTI GANESHAN
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