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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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Growing up is sad, but better than alternative

Anuradha Lingappa May 7, 2015
When I complain about aging and growing, I know my underlying thoughts can be traced back to fear of the ultimate unknown. The closer graduation gets, the less I can stop thinking about it.

No shame loving material objects

Anuradha Lingappa April 23, 2015
When I was in middle school, one of my friends told me that I should never wear makeup because people become dependent. She said that women who wear makeup every day describe feeling “naked” without lipstick. At the time, I thought it must be profoundly stupid to change your appearance so consistently that you forget what you actually look like.

Right to health is Whitman issue

Anuradha Lingappa April 9, 2015
We study diseases, but we don’t struggle with them, at least not long term. People get sick, but they always get better.

Paying closer attention to dystopia encourages critical political thinking

Anuradha Lingappa March 5, 2015
Dystopian books are so important because they reflect an unacceptably skewed version of society. If people draw parallels between the dystopian world and our own, it encourages critical thought about what’s so wrong and what we should be thinking about or doing.

Beware of traveling, volunteering under false pretenses

Anuradha Lingappa February 19, 2015
Helping the poor may not be as glamorous when it happens in a homeless shelter rather than under palm trees on a tropical beach, but it’s nevertheless critical.

Tuberculosis scare sheds light on treatment disparity

Anuradha Lingappa January 29, 2015
When I was considering the possibility that I might have TB, it seemed so weird to me because it isn’t a disease that tends to affect people from my socioeconomic background.

Biracial identity leads to unexpected privileges

Anuradha Lingappa December 11, 2014

I'm biracial. While I love my identity, sometimes having multiple ethnicities leaves me feeling like I don't belong because society hasn't established a space for who I am. My confusion about race began...

Increased social awareness leads to reconsideration of childhood literary love

Anuradha Lingappa November 20, 2014
I just saw a determined woman struggling to succeed in a crumbling, backwards society. I didn’t think to question the book’s glorification of rape and slavery, even though they now seem like such blatant underpinnings of the novel.
Ebola no excuse to fear West Africa

Ebola no excuse to fear West Africa

Anuradha Lingappa November 6, 2014

Illustration by Eric Rannestad. In the beginning of medical training, one of the essential principles learned is "do no harm." Most people who have been writing about ebola in the United States aren't...

Illustration by Coopper-Ellis

Vivisection questions taboos

Anuradha Lingappa October 23, 2014

A few weeks ago, I did an experiment in biology lab that involved cutting open the body cavity of a live frog and dripping adrenaline onto its still-beating heart. The results, a dramatically increased...

Scientists must recognize intersection of social issues, quantitative study

Scientists must recognize intersection of social issues, quantitative study

Anuradha Lingappa October 9, 2014
Scientists tend to understand things quantitatively. We need numbers and experimentally derived evidence in order to believe something exists. When it comes to racism and sexism, there are numbers and statistics that prove these problems are real. However, if scientists don’t seek out this discussion, they might never have to confront the fact that racism and sexism aren’t over.
Social dance, social justice must go hand in hand

Social dance, social justice must go hand in hand

Anuradha Lingappa September 25, 2014
Lindy Hop shouldn’t be viewed separately from where it came from, because if people do not understand the role race has had in shaping the dance form, they will be unable to understand it on a level beyond physical movement.
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