Um, am I allowed to like, hate filler words?
I didn’t notice it at first. The first few ‘ums’ slipped easily past my ears. However, I soon found myself…
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It was never about the children
CW: discussion of transphobic and anti-intersex legislation and rhetoric, mentions of suicide 2023 has seen onslaughts of legislation that work…
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Dear first-years: I promise you don’t need an internship this summer
Late February and early March mark the time of year when there is an influx of posts on the Wellesley…
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How the Ohio train derailment is about everything but the derailment
The events that occurred in East Palestine, Ohio, over a month ago bear an eerie resemblance to a real-life adaptation…
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It’s (probably not) the end of free speech
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act is facing legal scrutiny, leading many to wonder whether the internet, as we…
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The Wellesley News Editorial Board’s statement on President Paula Johnson’s recent email
Last spring, The Wellesley News Editorial Board called on the Board of Trustees and College administration to allow the transgender…
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TikTok’s TERF pipeline
The other day, I came across a TikTok in which a woman expressed her dissatisfaction with the term “chestfeeding.” She…
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Under the rubble, condemned to suffer
At 4:17 a.m. on Feb. 6, Central and Southern Anatolia in Turkey and the Northern region of Syria were hit…
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The Non-Western world is not cursed
There is an assumption in the West that war, violence and disaster are perennial in non-Western nations. This view was…
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To be or to bimbo? A guide to navigating BimboTok
I have recently found myself in an interesting corner of the internet known as “#BimboTok.” Under this and similar hashtags…
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