The OC Voice is a portion of the OC Report newsletter where local residents may have a platform to talk about local issues they care about. Alana Gilbert is a graduate student at the UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health.
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"If COVID-19 were a YouTuber, it would be about time to cancel it." COVID-19 as a YouTuber would be looking for more followers and sharing suggestions for your Thanksgiving holiday.
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Don't throw away your mask and hand sanitizer anytime soon. Here's what a coronavirus vaccine does (and doesn't) mean for the future.
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"Ensure your vote counts. Move to abolish the Electoral College."
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"For many on UNC’s campus, the election results are what we desired. However, the election itself is not the turning point or catalyst that sparks healing and unity. The turning point is on us. The catalyst is us. It is our intentionality to walk in civic grace every day."
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OnlyFans has finally put the business of sex work in the hands of its creators. But is it the final frontier?
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"We have grown weary of the excess of the famous. With a few exceptions, all celebrities are showing us is how out of touch they are."
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Pop sensation Ariana Grande isn’t afraid to boldly confront the confusing cross-section of love and lust. "Positions," Grande’s third album in two years, is an exploration of a young woman’s sensual side, with songs openly addressing our generation’s attitudes toward sex, and packing the track list with infinite intimate innuendoes. You’re going to want to take notes.
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"This political game has no place in research, nor should we allow it to attack science as an element of the American identity. Simply put, public research and communication ought to be independent of such political pressures."
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"Access to reproductive health care is not a women’s issue — it is a human rights issue."
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"I know some people may just want to pretend this pandemic is over and want a president who will assure you it's no big deal, but not everyone has the privilege to just ignore what is going on right now. They are terrified by the prospect of what is to come."
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"While young Americans have been historically horrible at voting, 2020 is different. When Republicans try to suppress our vote, it just makes us want to vote even more."
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"Sitcoms are made to make us feel good, and it’s easy to want to defend that — especially in 2020, when most any semblance of comfort seems to have been taken from us. But microaggressive humor comes at a cost."
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"Love, community, belonging and acceptance exist in more than one form — and as we open ourselves up to that truth, life blossoms."
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Think before you tweet (or retweet) and don’t believe everything you see online.
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