In the United States, your social class is one of the first things people judge most about you. Typically, if you make more money than average, you’re considered a hard worker and smart. However, if you’re middle class or below, Read More …
Witnessing, Creating, and Resisting Inequality 227
A few of my roommates and I were looking for houses near the Wayne State Campus to live in next semester (Fall 2024). We found a house that we absolutely loved! It was a big duplex, only a five minute Read More …
Education and Feeling 227
When I was a senior in high school, I took some difficult classes. One of which was a college biology class. I am terrible at any STEM related class, specifically science, so it was already a difficult class. My professor didn’t Read More …
Place 227
TC, Texas, is a very academically competitive town. All kids are “pitted” against each other in order to individually soar in their academic career. My graduating class was 519—and all of us were playing as competitors since kindergarten. I don’t Read More …
Gender… if I was… 227
If I were to wake up as a man, I would hate it but also love it. Being a man seems gross. But being a man also equals more rights and bodily autonomy. If I became a man, I think Read More …
Gender and Sexuality 227
Because I am a woman, I am told to be nurturing. I don’t want to have to nurture unless I want to. Because I am a woman, I am told to “get over it” and “stop being so dramatic.” But Read More …
Inequality 227
I do not believe that inequality is a good thing. However, I do believe that without inequality, we would not have passion. For example, in 2020 George Floyd was murdered by a police officer. At the time, the country was Read More …