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Opinion: Stop commodifying feminism (and all activism)
By Sophia Brill | 01/23/2019Commodification is as shameful as it is summative of the illusions drawn by corporate America
Delivering American University's news and views since 1925 | Thursday, September 19, 2019
Commodification is as shameful as it is summative of the illusions drawn by corporate America
Innovative student-led ventures stand in stark contrast to bureaucratic laziness of university on issue of student food insecurity
I came to American University because it houses the most politically active students in the nation, but it was not until the Kavanaugh hearings that this title upgraded from a mere rumor, spread by campus-tour guides and proud convocation speeches, to a personal reality felt in my first-year orbit. The Brett Kavanaugh-Christine Blasey Ford hearings properly expunged any distrust in my new community’s capacity for political awareness, activism and attention.
