myTakes: Society & Politics

Every year, on the 17th of March, so many people dress up in costumes, wearing goofy hats and shirts that read, 'Kiss Me, I'm Irish'. What people don't realize is that, behind this whole ridiculous facade, there is a real...

I hear about it, I see it in magazines, on tv and the net. You read a teen mag and have a look in the Q&A section and think wow these girls are too young to be thinking about sex, love, body image etc. Beeing a GAG member...

I went into college taking Greek life with an analytical eye. I knew that the houses in our village would be swarmed with girls walking around in heels and dresses-trying to look as stereotypical as possible, hoping to...

James Naismith was a Canadian American who created the sport of basketball in 1891 Cherophobia is the fear of fun Bikinis and Tampons were created by men: Bikinis were created by French designer Louis Reard The ancient...

Your body is your temple. You work hard at mainting it and taking care of your self. You should think highly of your body. It's not something you should put out or show off so easily. Not everyone should get the privladge...

It's not a compliment. It's not a nice way to say I'm a decent human being. It's degrading. The image people who tell me this have of POC is that they're all ghetto, lazy, always fighting, are animals, etc. Newsflash,...

There is no such thing as a 'Gender war' - only bitter people.

Life can be extremely stressful at times. We've all gone through a period (or several) where we just want to wave a white flag in defeat. There aren't a lot of things worse than feeling defeated either. It can feel like...

Enchiladas Yeah, it does say "chil" something but it's not that spicy, there are many types of enCHILadas and some won't burn your tongue, and definitely won't have the same effects taco bell produces....