Art by Samantha MillerIt’s a good thing that the 700,000 people who died from COVID-19 weren’t fetuses, or the Pepperdine College Republicans would’ve been outraged.On Sept. 28, the Pepperdine College Republicans orchestrated a display on the Freedom Wall depicting a plethora of crosses. Specifically, there was one for every 100,000 abortions performed since … [Read more...] about Opinion: Religion Doesn’t Justify Women’s Reproductive Defamation
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Tomi Lahren Takes a Turn
Art by Peau PorotesanoConservative host Tomi Lahren claimed she supports a woman's right to choose what she does with her body — an opinion going against her strongly conservative views. However, her newly announced view does not qualify her as an acceptable feminist figure in today's society. It is important for people not to accept Lahren's views as liberal or feminist … [Read more...] about Tomi Lahren Takes a Turn
The Women’s March Accepted all but Political Diversity
Graphic by Nate BartonIf there is one lesson that Americans learned in 2016, it's that we have failed at building political bridges. Less than 25 percent of Americans talk to people with whom they politically disagree, according to Jill Lepore in “The State of the Presidential Debate,” published Sept. 16, 2016 by The New Yorker. That statistic is telling and, … [Read more...] about The Women’s March Accepted all but Political Diversity
Outcries Over Lands’ End Interview Illuminate the Ongoing Controversy over Abortion
Art by Peau PorotesanoLands’ End has recently become embroiled in a controversy over an interview with pioneering feminist Gloria Steinem. The interview with Steinem by the brand’s new CEO, Federica Marchionni, was published in Lands’ End's spring catalogue in a new series titled “Legends.” The interview, which focused on topics like women in the … [Read more...] about Outcries Over Lands’ End Interview Illuminate the Ongoing Controversy over Abortion
Pro-Life: The Movement that Ends at Birth
Art by Peau PorotesanoLet’s begin with some elaborations: I am personally pro-choice, but many of my closest friends are pro-life. I respect many tenets of the pro-life movement, even if I may not personally agree with them. It’s a movement that was founded on the well-intentioned goal of bringing life into the world. In and of itself, that’s a wonderful and … [Read more...] about Pro-Life: The Movement that Ends at Birth
