Open letter to VCU
Our story: We are Green Action, a student-led environmental advocacy and climate justice organization on campus. We have been pushing for VCU to take definitive action on climate and environmental issues impacting our community, as well as to take accountability for their own environmental impact within the city of Richmond and beyond. Additionally, we are […]
IRL with Arielle: TikTok Shop is the next step in social commercialization
Arielle Andrews, Staff Writer TikTok. The doomed app once designated for cringey dances and vine-reminiscent humor is now set to rival Amazon. Open the app and you will quickly realize that everyone is trying to sell you something. If you have been on the internet at all during the last two months, you have probably […]
Modesty culture is a tool of oppression
Sara Matthews, Contributing Writer “Girls shouldn’t have scars on their knees,” my dad said when I came home from playing soccer. I hadn’t even noticed the gash until he pointed it out. That sentence confused me when I was 12 years old and continues to confuse me today. Nobody cared about how vigorously the boys […]
Richmond has a bike lane problem — there aren’t any
Lily Pawliczak, Contributing Writer In our bustling, historic and lively city of Richmond, there exists an alarming acceptance of the ongoing traffic violence on a level that isn’t seen in many other major metropolitan areas. Annual traffic deaths doubled for Richmond last year from the year prior; 13 in 2021 growing to 26 in 2022, […]
From hilarious to harmful: On the menu, we have girl dinner
Mika Perez, Contributing Writer When you think about a girl’s night, you revert to classic movies of women in silk robes sipping on wine and enjoying a platter of cheeses and prosciutto. It’s very romanticized to lounge around and enjoy these delicacies. The recent trend of “girl dinner” has shed light on slightly weird yet […]