Pissed Off Youth of America: A Call to Action
End poverty with just a click. Sounds like a pretty sweet deal, huh? Apparently, the smallest possible effort on the part of many privileged people can end a blight that has plagued humanity for millennia. The question is, why hasn’t poverty ended yet? Haven’t we clicked enough? To paraphrase a popular advertisement, how many clicks […]
A Responsible Revolution
What’s the problem with social justice? The problem with activist rhetoric at Brandeis University is not social justice itself, but the frequency with which it replaces the fundamental principle of social responsibility. Amidst the admirable goals of idealistic college students, social justice has come to imply glamour over grassroots dirty work, entitlement over ethics, and […]
P.O.Y.A.: A Motherfucking Manifesto
Last fall New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman wrote an article that dubbed the youth of today “‘Generation Q’–the Quiet Americans.” He explained that although the youth of today possess generous, passionate souls they lack the will or courage to express outrage at a time when anger seems to be the only reasonable emotion. Well, […]
P.O.Y.A.: A Fatherfucking Manifesto
This is not only about America. This is not just being pissed off. This is shame, guilt, pain and perhaps, yes perhaps also anger. I am a woman. My hips, thighs, breasts, lips, eyes all attest to it. When I walk down any street in America and around the world men whistle, undress me with […]
Accidental Activist: The Innermost Parts of Sahar
I’m a shy person. I don’t like talking about politics. I really am. Throughout middle school and high school I gained a reputation as a composed, thoughtful person who didn’t pipe up much during political debates. I relished my role, listening to my friends debate politics, knowing that when I chose to speak, people would […]
