Most Recent Pride & Prejudice Articles

“What?! They did that to you? You are just too young for that! All of you should play happily together and not judge each other based on the skin or the flags that you bear!” exclaimed the taxi driver. I could not say anything about that. I... (more »)

Freedom Day. Emancipation Day. June 19th or “Juneteenth” as a lot of us call it. A commemoration of the end of slavery thanks to President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. What does this abolitionism really mean for a lot... (more »)

On the rainbow spectrum of human sexuality, those down at the darker end tend to get ignored a lot. Those without many (or any) champions include demisexuals—those who only experience sexual attraction toward those they’ve developed a strong... (more »)

“I wish I had a gay best friend!” This phrase is one that pretty much exclusively crosses the glossed lips of naive straight girls. I often hear it in school. Whenever I hear a girl say this, I sort of smirk to myself, and typically respond... (more »)

I am most likely not what Sheryl Sandberg is describing when she says that she wants to empower working women. I am a seventeen year-old high school student who has a weekend job at a kid’s party place. But I can still identify with most of what... (more »)

“Habemus Papam!” “We have a pope!” Cheering fills Vatican City in the moment as the world watches, the Christian Church just determined a new leader. In the days that will follow there will be news coverage about this new leader, special... (more »)

When you think of discrimination, what do you think of? Perhaps you think of racism, or maybe homophobia, maybe even sexism. While all of these are big issues, there are laws against all of them. However, one of the biggest types of discrimination... (more »)

The shadowed thought of uncertainty caused my heart to skip a beat, and my lungs heaved for precious air. I struggled to keep my eyes open in pain as a slim dagger was slowly weaved into my chest. I stared as Zero’s sympathetic eyes remained... (more »)

I never want to be seen like some of the girls in my class; they value attraction in terms of physical appearance rather than intellectual ability. They wear the tightest skirts and the shortest tops I have ever seen. I always wonder why they feel... (more »)

In a world with broken laws. And a Constitution full of flaws. Where any who stand up would be heard are put be walls. With an invincible brace locked upon their jaws. As we sit speechless. As the rules are bent to awkward angles. Grasped by... (more »)