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December 05, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | LGBTQIA
Author Lindz Amer's Debut Picture Book Celebrates Gender Euphoria

On February 7, 2024, Amer will release their debut picture book, Hooray for She, He, Ze, and They! which likens the correct use of one’s pronouns to the aforementioned feelings of euphoria.

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October 03, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
How Coco Gauff Is Building Her Legacy

On September 10 Gauff won her first-ever Grand Slam tournament after defeating Aryna Sabalenka.

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August 16, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture
How ‘Barbie’ Takes On The Patriarchy

It’s impossible to enjoy Barbie without also being made to grapple with the throes of our real world.

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May 26, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Race/Ethnicity
Why Are So Many People Defending Daniel Penny?

On May 1, Jordan Neely, an unhoused, 30-year-old Black man, was killed by 24-year-old Marine veteran Daniel Penny after Penny placed him in a chokehold.

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April 13, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
Women's College Basketball Is In Its Best Position Ever

Women’s college basketball didn’t only breathe comfortably this year; it was triumphant.

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January 18, 2023 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture
Representation of Women Behind The Scenes In Film Still Needs to Improve

The opportunity gap is only widening in Hollywood.

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September 28, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Media
Muslim Representation On Screen Has A Long Way To Go

Onscreen Muslim representation has a long way to go.

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August 30, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Feminism
The Entertainment Industry’s Responsibility to Address Abortion Access

When it comes to the media’s depictions of abortion, what we most often see may not accurately depict the reality of people’s experiences with abortion.

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August 25, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Media
Keke Palmer Redefines the Final Girl Trope in 'Nope'

Palmer’s Emerald has tiptoed her way into the top ranks of horror’s greatest final girls for the very reason that she’s nothing like one.

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May 27, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Violence against women
The Demonization of Amber Heard

On April 11, the trial in a defamation lawsuit between actress Amber Heard and actor Johnny Depp began in Virginia.

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April 28, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Politics
The Treatment of Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson

Despite an undeniable record, she was still subjected to transparent provocation.

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March 15, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture
In Defense of Euphoria’s Excess

The high school drama just ended its second season, which was full of nudity, profanity, drug use, and debauchery.

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February 09, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture
How Sidney Prescott Redefined the “Final Girl” Trope

The Final Girl is the last character alive left to stop the villain once and for all.

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October 25, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Girls
How Black Girls Were Disproportionately Impacted by the Pandemic

The disturbing and pervasive truth is that Black girls haven’t been afforded childhood during the pandemic, but that had also been true well before COVID-19.

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September 22, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Arts and culture
Drake, Kanye, and Aligning With Abusers

Both artists opted to align with abusive men on both albums, making fandom of either artist harder to justify.

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August 03, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
Osaka, Biles, and Choosing to Withdraw

On July 28, the greatest gymnast in history, Simone Biles, withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics

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July 13, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
The Treatment of Black Female Olympic Athletes

All of these cases elicit a similar feeling of Black women being treated cruelly and unfairly based on arbitrary rules.

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June 18, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Race/Ethnicity
Is Making Juneteenth A Federal Holiday Meaningful?

President Joe Biden signed into law yesterday a bill that made Juneteenth — the anniversary of the day the last enslaved Americans learned of their freedom — a federal holiday.

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May 25, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Media, Race/Ethnicity
How ‘The Underground Railroad’ Reimagines the Trauma of Slavery

'The Underground Railroad' meticulously displays one of history’s most shameful and violent eras without lingering in sadism.

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April 12, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Sports
Fighting for Equality in the NCAA

The obvious, enduring inequities between men’s and women’s college basketball were spotlighted last month when a 37-second video filmed by Oregon forward Sedona Prince went viral.

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March 23, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Gender-based violence
The Biden Administration Is Making Progress On Restoring Students’ Title IX Rights

On March 8, The Biden administration took an important step toward changing how schools will handle sexual assault, harassment, and misconduct cases.

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February 09, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Media, Race/Ethnicity
Despite Casting Black Leads, The Bachelor Franchise Still Has A Race Problem

Since The Bachelor and The Bachelorette started in 2002 and 2003 respectively, only three leads have not been white.

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February 03, 2021 | Kadin Burnett | Media
How 'Promising Young Woman' Honestly Deconstructs Rape Culture

Beneath the film's pastel coloring, neon signage, and pop music remixes lies a grim deconstruction of rape culture, and how those afflicted by it attempt to heal from it.

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October 07, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | Media
Muslim Teen Actress Iman Vellani Is Cast as Ms. Marvel

Marvel Studios, one of the — if not the — most impressive names in the superheroine genre of entertainment, made headlines in recent years for their plans to add Ms. Marvel — a Pakistani-American, Muslim female superhero who first appeared in her own comic in 2014 — to their impressive roster of characters on screen.

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September 07, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | LGBTQIA
Trans Votes Matter

While many people are aware of America’s history of suppressing the votes of racial minority communities, it’s a pattern that affects other minorities, too — especially trans voters.


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