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Let’s destigmatize smut

Porn is inherently exploitative. Smut is not. Porn uses real people’s bodies and permanently puts those images on the internet. Smut books are completely from the author’s imagination and don’t rely on exploiting real people.

| Staff Writer

The benefits of being alone this Valentine’s Day

In college, we should be developing all different kinds of love. Explore romantic love, treasure friendships, and, most of all, love yourself.

| Staff Writer

Football is for everyone — we should act like it

The constant discomfort of being a female sports fan is in no way a consequence of any individual’s behavior. Instead, years of gender-based discrepancies from the media and older generations have accumulated to make something about enjoying football as a woman feel off.

| Staff Writer

Far from unprecedented: Professor Krister Knapp discusses recent U.S. foreign policy in Venezuela

Professor Krister Knapp discussed the nuances and historical parallels (such as those to the Monroe Doctrine) in the Trump administration’s recent involvement in Venezuela on Jan. 22.

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We shouldn’t be proud of our T20 status

As WashU continues to grapple with improving national name recognition and school identity, we caution the university against emulating Ivy Plus institutions and prioritizing rankings over becoming an institution that advances social progress.

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Your guide to roommate relationships

Roommate disagreements lead to awkward conversations that we naturally avoid, but complaining to your friends in hushed voices in the dining hall won’t help your situation.

| Contributing Writer

‘Wuthering Heights’: The danger of the edgy adaptation

Brontë included characters and dynamics that challenged Victorian norms and were typically silenced, focusing on a young woman and a non-white social outcast. The book is not a love story; it is a testament to some of the unheard voices of her time. Stripping away the layers of social commentary is disrespectful to her original message and the people it represented.

| Contributing Writer

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