Resolved, a weekly column on Chatter, features viewpoints from members of the Philodemic Society on the topic of this week's debate. This week, Philodemic debates the merits and setbacks of arranged...
I can just imagine many of your reactions as you read the above resolution; how dare I, in this era of liberty and independence, dare to advocate that one of the most fundamental aspects of our lives (love!),...
Historically and today, there have been horrible crimes committed against women and girls that take place in the social context of arranged marriages. Of course, this is not what Ms. Cuppari is defending;...
The 2014 United States Senate campaign season is drawing to a close. Doors have been knocked, homes have been called, debates have been scored and the polls are all over the place. The same candidate...
I would take my little ones to my mother’s every few months. We’d drive for a few hours and they’d open their eyes when the car shuddered to a stop, then rub the sleep from their lashes. My son was...
Hey Amy,
So a little about me: I'm a freshman in the College from New Jersey. It's now been about a month since NSO and moving in and stuff, but the one thing that gets me worried sometimes is...
I am the youngest in my family — the youngest of not just my nuclear family, but of my entire extended family in America.
That means that as I was the last to be born, I was also the last to reach...
Emma Watson, U.N. Women Goodwill Ambassador, recently spoke at the U.N. Headquarters in New York in an attempt to clarify the meaning of “feminism” to a generation of women who seem to be missing...
Preseason rankings create buzz.
In the two weeks leading up to the start of college football season, preseason rankings have given television pundits material to feed on. Who is overrated? Who was...
During my freshman year of high school, I abandoned my lifelong dream of becoming a professional journalist and instead began to consider careers that would help me fulfill the much loftier...
Every night Georgetown students sit down; pull out their textbooks on a desk illuminated by a light on their dorm room desk or the ceiling in Lau. We feel safe working into the wee hours of morning...
"If men don’t have to be aggressive in order to be accepted, women wouldn’t feel compelled to be submissive. If men don’t have to control, women won’t have to be controlled. Both men and women...
