Alternative Student Break: Helping Rich Kids Feel Good About Themselves Since...
This is my column for the Daily Northwestern this week. This week, students from all over Northwestern will be applying for Alternative Student Break, a program that sends students to other parts of...
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Not All Activism is Good Activism
I’ll be honest with you: whenever I see a social media campaign going viral, I get suspicious. It’s not because I think people are evil or stupid, or because I dislike popular things (although that is...
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I Hope They Serve Beer in the Abortion Clinic: Tucker Max vs. Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood's newest supporter I feel bad for Planned Parenthood. Not only have they been facing attacks from conservative politicians and cancer charities, defunding threats, and–I kid you...
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Chikin With a Side of Homophobia: Why You Should Boycott Chick-Fil-A
The president of Chick-Fil-A, Dan Cathy, recently confirmed what most of us have known for a while–the company is virulently homophobic. I mean, he didn’t come right out and say, “We’re a homophobic...
View ArticleHoboJacket’s Casual Classism: Ethical Humor and Objectifying the Homeless
Elite college students being snobby and idiotic isn’t really newsworthy, but a group of MIT students went above and beyond the standard this past week. The students thought it’d be funny to give local...
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I’m Blogothonning for the Secular Student Alliance!
This may be naive given my recent recovery from a spell of writer’s block, but this Sunday, I’ll be doing a blogathon to raise money for the Secular Student Alliance with fellow badasses Kate Donovan,...
View Article[guest post] Harry Potter and the Fuzzies of Altruism
Here’s a guest post from Robby Bensinger about the psychology of altruism with a little bit of Harry Potter thrown in. Effective Altruists are do-gooders with a special interest in researching the...
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Apparently, Spirit Airlines Thinks Sex Crimes are Hilarious
I wrote an article for the Daily Dot about Spirit Airlines’ tasteless joke about the stolen celebrity nude photos. As the Internet continues to debate whether or not it’s acceptable to hack into...
View ArticleThe Importance of Self-Awareness for People Who Want to Change the World
I gave this talk at Sunday Assembly NYC last weekend. A bunch of people have asked to see my notes and slides, so here they are! That’s why this isn’t really in blog-post format. Here are the slides....
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