"It’s my annual reminder that we have such a fractured image of what self-care and self-improvement are. We are surrounded by the belief that our goals — especially fitness goals — should come at extreme costs to our time, nutrition, well-being and wallets."
Read More »"Uprooting inequities in over 200 years of academia is too tall of a task for any one student body on any one campus, and it means also uprooting the white supremacy and patriarchal systems that have grown alongside it."
Read More »"It’s a privilege to even have the opportunity to have these issues explained rather than learning as you go as someone who lives with the consequences of not being an able-bodied, cishet, rich white man in this country."
Read More »"Rittenhouse’s actions are just one brush stroke in the larger picture of white vigilante violence that paints much of American political culture — and we are not untouched by this violence in North Carolina, or even on our own campus."
Read More »Changes to course registration sound promising on paper, but UNC’s failure to implement meaningful and systematic changes to how students enroll in courses leaves many confused and without the credits they need for the spring. With registration season coming to an end, it is clear the evaluation of high-demand courses was not a priority. In order to further address these glaring problems with registration, UNC needs to focus on retaining faculty just as much as it works to allocate faculty. Departmental growth is not sustainable if professors feel their work is more meaningful at other institutions.
Read More »"Despite their undeniable importance in the classroom, graduate students who serve as TAs are often overworked and underpaid."
Read More »"Women, and women of color in particular, are likely to be a part of the informal labor market, which includes tasks like caretaking. This fosters both racial and gendered segregation in the workforce, which makes it even more difficult to untangle issues of inequality, such as equal pay."
Read More »"This approach of relying on the community is ultimately rooted in abolitionist principles — a set of goals that work to dismantle the prison-industrial complex as it unjustly targets low income communities and communities of color."
Read More »"Harm reduction policies prevent the most severe consequences of risky behaviors while maintaining dignity and autonomy for those struggling with drug or alcohol dependencies."
Read More »"An emphasis on student wellness should not be conditional on students experiencing tragedies."
Read More »Rebecca Kreitzer is an associate professor of public policy at UNC, interested in policy inequality and the political factors that shape this inequality.
DTH Photo Illustration. Girlboss culture only serves white, wealthy and educated women who pursue opportunities in white-collar industries, says senior writer Caitlyn Yaede.
