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Opinion

Commit to the bit, not a relationship.

Breakup advice in 10 words or less

by Opinions Desk
Published December 12, 2024

Editor's Note: We are not advocating for crimes of any kind. Take all advice lightly.Last week, the Opinions Desk put out a poll asking our beloved readers to share their breakup woes so we could impart...

Learning queer history has been essential to feeling pride in my sexuality.

Opinion: How to be gay

by Leo Huppke
Published December 11, 2024

It was 2017 and I was standing in the sweltering summer heat on Halsted Street, watching the Chicago Pride Parade. I looked out at the Dykes on Bikes cruising down the parade route in their leather jackets...

Small farmers have struggled for decades as the power of agribusiness grows.

Opinion: Reckoning with the decline of small family farms

by Jasmine Shackleford
Published December 11, 2024

Farming has always been a core industry in the U.S., yet in recent decades, agricultural careers have only been associated with strife and struggles. Our idea of a common family farmer is frequently said...

The impact of social movements can be difficult to quantify.

Opinion: The #MeToo movement almost 20 years later

by Riley Stern
Published December 9, 2024

Long before social media hashtags, the #MeToo movement was founded in 2006 by activist and youth worker Tarana Burke. Burke was inspired by her work in dealing with child survivors of sexual violence and...

Trump’s isolationist policies are dangerous for us all.

Opinion: NATO and Russia and climate, oh my!

by Wren Warne-Jacobsen
Published December 9, 2024

If you are stressed about looming final papers and exams in the next two weeks and want to put these quaint college problems in perspective, keep reading! President-elect Donald Trump is laying his isolationist...

We can’t shop our way to reclamation.

Opinion: Girlhood can’t be wrapped up in a little bow

by Vivian Wilson
Published December 6, 2024

Why is it that womanhood is so inextricably linked to consumption? Recent trends have shown a general shift toward prolonging girlhood and, in some ways, infantilizing women through relentless insistence...

Ice, snow and leafless trees make the winter season uniquely beautiful.

Opinion: Stop whining about winter

by Leo Huppke
Published December 4, 2024

I trudge down the snow-covered sidewalk on University Avenue, the cold wind cutting like a knife across my face. Icicles are forming on the rims of my glasses. The lenses have fogged up to the point where...

The core ideas of socialism are not as radical as people make them out to be.

Opinion: America is already socialist

by Jasmine Shackleford
Published December 4, 2024

The United States is traditionally considered the antithesis of socialism.For decades, our country has represented free market capitalism at its brightest — starkly contrasting our perceptions of...

Opinion: The wisdom of winter

Opinion: The wisdom of winter

by Riley Stern
Published December 2, 2024

It is officially December, meaning we have unofficially entered our winter months. Between single-digit or subzero temperatures, slim amounts of daylight, and icy sidewalks, it can feel like there is little...

Our impulse to self-categorize is not wrong.

Opinion: We’re looking for ourselves in all the wrong places

by Vivian Wilson
Published December 1, 2024

It’s fun to learn what type of person you are. Personality tests and other pop cultural psychological categorizations like learning styles are marketed as tools meant to unlock a greater understanding...

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