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
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.