Adda Birnir
Adda Birnir
Recent Stories
Feminism blurs line between art, politics
The question that exhibits of this kind raise is whether it is productive to promote a division between political or feminist art and all other types of art. Do these exhibits allow often-overlooked artists a forum? Or do they further ghettoize the works of politically conscious artists by constraining them to such a specific category?
To end poverty, help poor help themselves
We — the elite, the powerful and the philanthropic — must learn to listen to the people we are trying to help and meet them where they want to be met.
Critique of hookups doesn’t reflect reality
Neither casual sex or committed sex is an unmitigated ideal; rather, it is how we approach them and what we expect of them that becomes problematic.
Society, not choice, encumbers women
Though we appreciate that Yale students are thinking about the absence of women in these activities on campus, and beyond, we found the framing of the discussion usually unproductive and alarming, in that it is often implied that something is wrong with Yale women.
Grief is necessary part of human experience
This past Friday, Feb. 2, marked the one-year anniversary of my aunt Ellen’s death.
Sexism’s power struggle mirrors historical racism
In light of a handful of high-profile local and national instances of sexual and racist harassment, I have decided to focus this, my first regular column, on issues of sexism and racism, what causes these ugly expressions of prejudiced behavior and what we as a concerned public can learn from these instances.