Abigail Byrd

When we think of pink and blue as colors that we see everyday, objects come to mind: flowers or bubble gum or waves in the ocean. But, when putting them together, you get “pink and blue”, a concept widely associated with gender. As the colors merge, the ideas behind them become more complex. It become pink versus blue, girls versus boys, femininity versus masculinity. These divides and characteristics are constantly reinforced by modern day products, media, and advertising making ...

Arthur Miller’s The Crucible opens on the quiet town of Salem, Massachusetts, where, behind closed doors, chaos is beginning. Although the story is fictional, it deals with a very real historical issue: witch hunts in America during the 1500s, which were caused by deceit, fear, and religious discipline that led to an outbreak of mass hysteria. Now, this type of hysteria may seem like an ancient idea, predating modern psychological understanding. However, today’s equivalent, mass p...

There are many arguable points within the Church’s teachings on abortion, but a main contradiction within them is the idea that the right to life trumps everything else. The contradiction stems from the idea that, with these teachings, the Church is aiming to illegalize abortion throughout the United States. Without this goal applied to a society-wide institution, the teachings are nothing more than words on paper to those who are not a part of the Church. However, it is completely imp...

To vote, or not to vote: that is the question

Whether ‘tis nobler in the mind to accept

Either outcome of this election, both unfortunate,

Or take arms against the lesser of two evils,

And by opposing, hope to end one. To join, to speak-

That day- and by speaking attempt to curb the very course of history,

Voice however small, rising against the tide of partisan politics

Which by defying logic and truth attempt to run our world! ‘Tis...

Created a website today. Feeling indifferent.