Performative men poorly attempt to embody certain traits, many of which are feminist, in an attempt to garner attention from women.
TikTok is back, but should never have left
TikTok’s brief ban was lifted after President Trump delayed the deadline for ByteDance to sell, sparking debate over free speech and national security.
Fire, water, and belonging
Story by Morgan Sun
Sports gambling ascends worldwide
Stories by Benjamin Regan
Illustration by Nathan Friezer
Refereeing is a doomed profession
The only job where you’re always wrong in someone’s eyes.
Trump’s immigration policy is violent and immoral
Increasing immigration enforcement and deportations under the Trump administration threaten to destroy communities, families, and lives.
PRO: Understanding the lure of BookTok
Booktok is where fandoms collide, readers unite, and literature finds new life—one recommendation at a time.
CON: Reading but at a cost
BookTok has outgrown its roots as a TikTok clique.
The premature sexualization of tween girls
The hypersexualization of young girls online is the death of the tween era.
Problems with Paralympic press and pigeonholing profiles
The Paralympics, a paragon of equity and inclusivity, have a glaring disparity within its perimeter.
The perils of performative marginality
A commitment must be made to understanding and addressing systemic inequalities; not just when it is convenient or beneficial for individual advancement, but as a genuine effort with no terms and conditions.
Best of the worst: Nikki Haley gains “success”
Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley now takes the stand against Trump in the ongoing Republican primaries.
Oscillating between two worlds and two families
Story by Clementine Evans
Writers Guild of America: End the Strike
A union of writers went on strike on May 2. However, striking might not be their best option.
The U.S. must change it’s approach to minimum wage
Story by Benjamin Regan Contributor Illustration by Martin Walsh Illustrator Since the introduction of a federal minimum wage in 1938 through the Fair Labor Standard Act, a time when businesses would exploit their workers with less than $1 (in today’s dollars) hourly wages, politicians have quarreled over what the appropriate minimum wage should be. The graph of […]
Letter to the editor: SPUSD’s unflinching refusal to address racial disparity in summer school
Story by John Srebalus Contributor Illustration by Ethan Lyons Illustrator The South Pasadena Unified School District is hiding from an inconvenient truth: There is structural racism in the South Pasadena Educational Foundation’s summer school program with which the District contracts. As far as I can tell, the two organizations are just fine with this fact. They’re not […]