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Photo by rawpixel on Unsplash Burlap Sack: Trick-or-treating bans for teens
The decision to stop trick-or-treating is one of the few decisions a child gets to make about growing up. The…
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Trump’s self-description as “nationalist” a troubling proclamation
Donald Trump. A hero to some, a villain to others, controversial to all. While the US president has made more…
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The Degenerate’s Corner: A unified Korea hosting the Olympics
This isn’t a literary exercise. This isn’t a place where difficult ideas are confronted, or even a place where worthwhile…
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Marble Pedestal: Niche meme pages
If you’re anything like me, you spend way too much time trying to derive joy out of funny internet jokes.…
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Burlap Sack: The new Gmail
Roughly 1.2 billion people use Gmail, and now, those roughly 1.2 billion people have been plunged into a Charles Entertainment…
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Amazon’s minimum wage increase is a non-solution to worker exploitation
I really have to give the biggest shoutout to my favourite corporation, Amazon. Under the guise of seeming benevolence, they’ve…
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Taylor Swift may be the pop culture cure to young voter apathy
In recent years, voter apathy has hit an all-time low in both the US and Canada. Based on studies done…
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We need to think systemically if we want to halt climate change
In case you didn’t have enough to be nihilistic about today, the latest UN report on climate change has some…
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University of Manchester Students’ Union clapping ban is the wrong way to promote inclusivity
I’m all for inclusivity in universities. But where’s the line between inclusivity and imposition? The University of Manchester Students’ Union…
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With Kavanaugh’s confirmation, is time really up?
In January, I wrote a piece regarding the black dress movement at the 2018 Golden Globes. While the thought was…
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