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The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

The student newspaper of Wellesley College since 1901

The Wellesley News

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IG activism: the pros, the cons and how we can improve it

Eugenie Park | November 1, 2020

Instagram, when it was founded almost exactly a decade ago, was intended for the sole purpose of curating and sharing the parts of your life that could be captured through a camera lens. However, over...

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Wellesley, don’t read “Rodham” by Curtis Sittenfeld

Eugenie Park | October 11, 2020

Content Warning: Mentions of sexual assault and rape The first time I ever walked into the Ville’s Wellesley Books on Sept. 12, an entire shelf was dedicated to “Rodham” by Curtis Sittenfeld. “Rodham”...

How COVID-19 persuaded me that America needs a universal basic income

How COVID-19 persuaded me that America needs a universal basic income

Eugenie Park | September 26, 2020

For the entirety of Andrew Yang’s presidential campaign, I did not take him or his ideas seriously.  And, odds are, neither did you.  Yang’s campaign ran on the flagship policy of a Universal...

Canadian author Margaret Atwood wrote a controversial essay titled "Am I A Bad Feminist?" Image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.

When your fave is problematic: the issue with Margaret Atwood

Eugenie Park | September 12, 2020

There are few feelings comparable to learning that your fave is problematic. On Jan. 13, 2018 Margaret Atwood asked the world whether she was a “bad feminist” in an op-ed published in “The Globe...

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