How do we know what we don’t know? Madeleine Chang February 25, 2016 0 Comments Colleges this year are said to be experiencing a “surge” in student organizing. According to a recent study from UCLA, more American college students participated in protests in 2015 than in any... Read More »
#SyllabiSoWhite Madeleine Chang February 9, 2016 1 Comment The glaring exclusion of black actors from this year’s Oscars nominations has sparked a conversation about the whiteness of the nominating body and of the movie industry at large. The New Yorker’s... Read More »
Home coming and going Madeleine Chang January 13, 2016 0 Comments The first few weeks of January on college campuses are full of syllabi, unrusting rusted bike locks, (broken) new year’s resolutions, and three-sentence conversations in dorm hallways and bookstore... Read More »
White girls only Madeleine Chang November 17, 2015 4 Comments It was powerful to witness and take part in this tide of collective consciousness. It was also easy to copy and paste, pat myself on the back, and forget about racial justice in the long term. Now... Read More »
Saving the city from ourselves Madeleine Chang November 11, 2015 2 Comments San Francisco’s municipal election last week was a victory for developers and the gentrification they facilitate. As a good liberal, I oppose gentrification’s dislocation of low-income residents,... Read More »
A hollow yes in the era of consent Madeleine Chang November 4, 2015 6 Comments This practice began earlier this year at EBF’s Wednesday happy hour, with the intent of encouraging a “pro-consent community,” and has since spread to other parties. This was my first time... Read More »
Class endogamy and dating apps Madeleine Chang October 27, 2015 2 Comments American debutante balls have served to introduce elite women to “society” since the 1950s. The tradition began in 18th century Britain, with the idea of matching young women with suitable... Read More »
Not in my name Madeleine Chang October 20, 2015 14 Comments This time, I was at a “Vigil for Recently Murdered Israelis,” an event that refused to acknowledge Palestinian lives lost, excluded mainstream Jewish perspectives on the conflict, and branded... Read More »
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