As I have gotten older, I have come to realize what a unique privilege it is to engage in outdoor activities that are often only available to affluent white people and, more specifically, wealthy white men.

In early May, Kim Kardashian West made headlines for her attempts to ask White House officials to advocate for a presidential pardon for 62-year-old Alice Marie Johnson. While this case is certainly worthy of attention, her advocacy generally overlooks the fundamental problems of racism and prosecutorial discretion within the criminal justice system.

Gabby Antonio Smashes the Imperialist, White Supremacist, Capitalist Patriarchy! is a web series that challenges systems of oppression in both its production and its content.

I have found myself critically examining elements of my own privilege as an American from a metropolitan area that I had previously taken for granted.

On December 12, Merriam-Webster declared that the word of 2017 was “feminism.” Their choice highlights not only our culture’s struggle to define the word “feminism” itself, but the way in which the movement the word represents played out in the spheres of politics and entertainment last year.

Despite the accusations of sexual assault and molestation made against Alabama Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Moore, as well as the racist and anti-semitic comments he made — like his claim that America was great during slavery — nearly two-thirds of white women voted for him.

The way eurocentric beauty standards related to skin tone have permeated other cultures is clear today.

“Free Speech Week” has since been largely dismissed as an insignificant failure due to its poor organization and paltry audience. But our campus certainly felt the negative effects of this event anyway.

Like so many other scientific concepts, there is mnemonic device for the modern stellar spectral classification scheme, also known as the Harvard Spectral Classification Scheme.

The Seneca Falls Convention, which is perhaps best remembered for its demand for women’s suffrage, was held on July 19, 1848. And yet 169 years later, American women continue to struggle within the confines of a patriarchal and misogynistic society—and to honor the legacy of the Seneca Falls Convention nonetheless by continuing to fight for their rights.

Emily White is a respected leader in both the music and sports industries. She launched her first company Whitesmith Entertainment in 2009 and has overseen the careers of various musicians and comedians who went on to create Grammy-nominated albums and Emmy Award-Winning writing. White also works with some of the best athletes in the world through her tech startup, Dreamfuel.