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  • Why I Don’t Trust the Medical System

    Why I Don’t Trust the Medical System18

    After dragging my feet for more than half a decade, I begrudgingly made a clinic appointment for a physical this year. Checking in and talking with a nurse, I then waited alone in the doctor’s examination room, daring to pull down my mandated mask. But then the doctor entered—wearing a pin listing her pronouns—and she

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  • Why I Don’t Apologize for Letting My Children Play Freely

    Why I Don’t Apologize for Letting My Children Play Freely0

    At a park near my house on a hot summer day, my five-year-old and two-year-old discover the water fountain. They make a game of splashing water out and stomping in the puddle with their bare feet. Other young children try to join in, but parent after parent says “no” and takes them away, sometimes in

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  • Why I Don’t Say ‘OK Boomer’

    Why I Don’t Say ‘OK Boomer’0

    • November 25, 2019

    If you spend any time on the internet or time with those who do, you’ve probably heard the phrase “OK Boomer” by now. Perhaps you’ve been OK-Boomered yourself, or maybe you’ve OK-Boomered somebody else. The meme is one of the most popular things being discussed right now, and for good reason. “OK Boomer” is a

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  • Why I Chose a Liberal Arts Major

    Why I Chose a Liberal Arts Major0

    This August, I leave for my freshman year at a school called Thomas Aquinas College. I’m pretty excited about my choice. It’s in California, it’s gorgeous… and you probably haven’t heard of it. I would love to talk to people about it, if it weren’t for one thing: Thomas Aquinas College has only one major

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  • Why I Am Not Raising My Daughters to be Feminists

    Why I Am Not Raising My Daughters to be Feminists0

    HuffPost reported recently on a project created by photographers and partners Sham Hinchey and Marzia Messina called “Dear Daughters,” in which 22 men posed for artsy portraits with their daughters, ages eight to eleven, and chatted informally but a little awkwardly, with them about feminism. As you might expect from HuffPost, a half-hour video of the process depicts

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  • Why I am Not a Socialist

    Why I am Not a Socialist0

    I share a lot of the concerns and goals of those who describe themselves as “socialists.” More health care and housing for poor people? Great. More educational opportunities for the least well-off? Absolutely. A cleaner environment? Sure thing. Gender and racial equality? Immediately, please. Why, then, am I not a socialist? As political and economic ideas

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