From campus debates to national dilemmas, these are the thoughts we sit with—the ones that won’t leave us alone until we write them down. Everyone has a perspective, and we welcome yours. If it matters to you, it’s worth sharing here.
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Dark Enough to See the Stars: Democratic Socialism is Here to Stay
Last June, I wrote about Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral primary and how it felt like a pulse of life for the Democratic party. I didn’t realize how this pulse could be an indication of blood flowing back into the body of a party that has long been dead to the…
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Songwriters Hub Spotlight #1: Alizeh
Avid readers of The Rival American might recognize the name on the byline of this article as a regular satire writer for the paper. But my real passion is music, which, frankly, has kept me sane these past few years, but has also been isolating, as AU doesn’t have a real music community – or…
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The Lesbian Era of Pop Culture
Lesbianism has been at the center of pop culture lately, and not in the demeaning ways I normally expect as a lesbian! To celebrate this era, here are some spectacularly sapphic moments that have been ingrained in my brain recently. MUNA’s New Song, Dancing On The Wall The title track for MUNA’s first new album,…
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AU Majors: Smash or Pass
On a campus obsessed with, but rarely having, sex during the infamous month of love, I thought I would share an inclusive guide to which majors at American University are safe to smash, and which you need to pass. If I passed on your major, keep in mind that it’s not you, it’s me. But in…