Tag / Social Justice
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On Food, Body, and Self-Love
Content Warning: Mention of weight and disordered eating. 5 YEARS OLD I stand on tiptoes so that I can reach the big silver bowl in front of me, leveraging my tiny body over the counter to mix the thin batter. My mother patiently oversees my slow, unsteady contribution until she takes over, whisking quickly. I…
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Millenials, Social Media, and Social Justice
Coming of age during a time of rapid and dramatic technological advances, millennials make up a unique generation. They regularly use social media—88 percent report getting their news from Facebook—and are savvy users of the Internet, one of the most important and powerful tools of their time. Checking their phones an average of 43 times…
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An Interview With Dr. Paul Farmer
In this Q&A, Dr. Paul Farmer gives insights on student activism in global health, and methods for combatting health inequality. Dr. Farmer is a physician and anthropologist, co-founder and chief strategist of Partners In Health (PIH), and Kolokotrones University Professor and chair of the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School. The…
