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Political Facebook

Everyone has those friends who post incessantly on Facebook about their political opinions. Most of the time they are ranting about someone or group of people for being or saying something senseless. It can go as far to call the person ‘stupid,’ ‘insensitive,’ or ‘uneducated.’ Education is consistently a factor that is studied among large…

What Happens if a Mexican Doesn’t Like Spicy Food?

Having lived in Mexico for five years, it was a rare occurrence for me to meet a Mexican who didn’t like spicy food for every meal of the day. Then one day, someone in my high school tried to convince the school cafeteria that they should have a non-spicy food option. This caused a huge…

Even Trump loves babies

Abortion has always and will always be a main division between political parties in America. Republicans, throughout history, have always been strong supporters of the pro-life belief and “look upon abortion as wrong,” furthermore, considering it an important moral issue in today’s society. Historically, Republicans are more unified than Democrats on the issue of abortion,…

Redeeming Qualities? Everyone Has Them!

Who would’ve thought that someone involved in politics had a positive outlook on this year’s presidential candidates? It seems that every time the election is brought up in conversation, negative comments are made about both Trump and Clinton. Peggy Noonan surprised me a few weeks ago in her speech about the U.S. presidents’ “redeeming qualities”…

Friend or Foe?

“Race, sex, ethnicity, religion, and social class come immediately to mind as core social identities; political party does not” (2). In “Partisan Hearts and Minds,” a strange juxtaposition is examined in which Americans statistically do not list their political affiliations as a major aspect of their identity, yet they are unlikely to change over the…

The Social Scene

Nowadays, everything is social. We gather with people to eat meals, watch sporting events, go shopping, we even go to the restroom in groups (yes, us girls do that, I don’t know why). Almost all the activities in our lives are social, especially now, with social media. Even when we aren’t in person with people,…

Stick to the Stuff You Know

“Stick to the Status Quo” is the iconic song that breaks out in the middle of a lunch at East High in the childhood Disney original movie, High School Musical. Prior to the song, the school is thrown for a loop when the head jock decides to audition for the musical because he has left…

Pablo Escobar: A Platform for the People

How do you choose who you vote for? The political partisan is largely influenced not by political self, but more so by one’s social identity. Green, Palmquist, and Schickler would argue that party affiliation is largely based upon “comparing a judgement about oneself with one’s perception of a social group,” (Green 8) such as the…

Part of The Ship, Part of The Crew

Growing up, I loved the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. My cousin and I would get together and do a big movie marathon to try to watch all of the movies all the way through. In the third movie, Will Turner cuts the heart of Davy Jones and, in turn, his heart must be the…

Team Edward vs. Team Jacob

Partisanship is defined as an affiliation with political parties as Green et al. mentions in the reading “Partisan Hearts and Minds”. This reading talks about how there are many indicators of identification for people that are immediately noticeable but once the topic of party identification comes up people side with their party groups almost immediately,…