21 Aug
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Twitter Explained | Trump Pardons Susan B. Anthony and Not Joe Exotic

On Tuesday, August 18, President Donald Trump pardoned suffragette Susan B. Anthony—she died in 1906. In 1897, Anthony was arrested for voting before the 19th amendment, passed in 1920, made it legal for women to do so, and Trump thought it was about time someone absolved the now feminist icon of her sins.  Many didn’t approve of Trump’s seemingly righteous gesture. For starters, the Susan B. Anthony Museum rejected the pardon, explaining that Anthony understood her trial, during which the judge dismissed the jury and declared her guilty, to be unjust, and refused to pay any penalties because it would validate the trial. “To pardon Susan B. Anthony does the same," wrote Deborah Hughes, president & CEO of the National Susan B. Anthony Museum in a statement.   Others—aka people on Twitter—were bummed that Trump hadn’t pardoned infamous...

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13 Aug
Beshert, Latest

Beshert | Was My Depression Meant To Be?

If you ask my therapist, she’ll say I’ve been struggling with hypomanic depression since my freshman year of college. But if you ask me, I think I’ve struggled with some form of mental illness since at least seventh grade. That’s when my bouts of melancholy, followed by periods of merriment began. Until college, the emotions were manageable, not raising alarms as anything more than typical teenage mood swings. But by the middle of my freshman year, the fluctuations were more palpable. During the days of depression, I’d skip class, watching endless hours of TV and eating whatever takeout was easiest to get my hands on. Happiness eluded me, seemingly unattainable. Coming out of those moods felt better, but was by no means healthy. I’d feel frenzied, talkative and overexcited. I would stay up till three and...

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13 Aug
Culture, Latest

Twitter Explained | Who is Over and Where’s the Party?

Anyone who’s spent anytime on Twitter has probably seen some form of #IsOverParty trending. In its most common usage, IsOverParty is written after the name of someone or something that is “canceled.” Generally, if #IsOverParty is trending, clicking on it will pull up tweets that explain what the person has done to deserve such a party. Recently, however, many on Twitter have used the hashtag to ask why #IsOverParty is trending in the first place, flooding Twitter with tweets of confusion, making it difficult to find the reasons behind the tweets.

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10 Jul
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Twitter Explained | The Harper’s Letter Tries to Cancel ‘Cancel Culture’

Even those who aren’t avid Twitter users have heard of cancel culture, often defined by those who decry it as the practice of retracting support for individuals who have said or done something deemed objectionable or offensive. In more mild cases, this sort of boycott ends up being no more than a slap on the wrist for whatever social mores were broken (like in the case of Jimmy Kimmel and Tina Fey whose histories with blackface were exposed last month). At its most extreme, however, cancel culture can end careers and ruin reputations (as we’ve seen recently with Harry Potter author JK Rowling).  Earlier this week, Harper’s Magazine published an open letter criticizing what it called the “forces of illiberalism” that are “gaining strength throughout the world.” Signed by over 150 prominent authors, journalists, academics and...

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03 Jul
Arts & Culture, Latest

Twitter Explained | Should the Hype for Hamilton Be Real?

There’s no doubt that Hamilton will become part of larger conversations rethinking depictions of the founding fathers, right alongside the statues and history books that society is beginning to pick apart in an attempt to rectify America’s long history of racial injustices. But today, on what Twitter has ordained Hamilton Day, people seem to be taking a moment to just enjoy the show for it’s groundbreaking, once in a lifetime artfulness, appreciating how lucky we are to be alive right now. 

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02 Jul
Arts & Culture, Latest

Dressing “Unorthodox”: An Interview with Justine Seymour

Tall and blonde with a striking English accent, her height only slightly less discernible over video call, Seymour spoke to Editorial Fellow Lilly Gelman over Zoom from her apartment in Berlin. She explained how she felt a “heartfelt yearning” for the show since she herself was raised in a religious cult and thrown out at the age of 16. But while she felt an emotional connection to Esty and her story, Seymour’s personal life did not influence her design work, which, she says is based purely on observation and character development. 

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