myTakes: Society & Politics

In case you weren't aware, apparently not putting holiday, or specifically Christmas decorations, on your Starbucks cups is tantamount to you hating Christians and wanting them to burn on a spitfire, but I digress. In the...

So you may be thinking the title of this is a ridiclous claim. Over the past couple of weeks I've been thinking about the nature of humans. We as humans fill in the unknown with the most plausible reasoning. We piece two...

She was a dreamer A little girl that kept her nose in a book Getting lost in the fairytale and wishing it were real Wishing that she could summon up her fairy godmother to turn her into a princess Even if it were just for...

This mostly applies to my school, but I have been hearing quite often people around me calling others gay, or calling a situation gay, in a derogative way. I don't understand why people do this. Gay was never defined as...

I've heard many men and women declaring they are no longer feminists, or have never been one. To identify as feminist now is something many are ashamed or scared to admit. We have lost the meaning of what true feminism...

Criticism, something we all hate. I always hated criticism and I still do. I have faced tons of criticisms and dealing with bullying has added more, I am still young and I believe in life I will face even worse but I am...

I can almost guarantee someone is going to take this the wrong way, but hear me out. I consider myself a feminist. I believe in equal rights among men and women, to be treat as equals and to rid the world of gender...

I notice when ever someone mentions they were bullied, the first response from someone is "why didn't you defend yourself?" or "you need to learn to stand up for yourself". I myself have heard those words (being as I was...

I am sick of seeing questions like this. Every single time I click on one to see the results, most of the guys say men have it worse, and most of the girls say women have it worse. What does this tell you? It tells you...