Maddie Solomon
Bio:
Maddie Solomon is a Politics major at Occidental College from Denver, CO. Her work has been published in The Denver Post, Women's Media Center, The Jewish Journal, Jewish Women's Archive, and Persephone's Daughters, among other publications.
When Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died on September 18, so many women didn’t just mourn the loss of an amazing person, but also the loss of a historic fighter for gender equity.
White people need to think more critically about the ways in which they have benefited from the same institutions they claim to protest online.
We must acknowledge that sexism in U.S. politics poses a pernicious threat to restoring political and social justice.
Consent, or usually lack thereof, is probably most frequently referenced in our society in cases of sexual assault. However, we must learn how to use consent as a tool in every relationship to identify problematic behaviors in any relationship in which there are different levels of power.
As much awareness as the #MeToo movement has generally brought to the sexual violence epidemic in this country, rape culture still persists — and, unfortunately, all too many people subscribe to myths promoted by rape culture.
While it’s true that some political ideas shared by many Boomers are outdated, saying “OK Boomer” perpetuates the harms it seeks to redress.
