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The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

The Student Newspaper of the University of Missouri

The Maneater

Feminism beyond this column

Elise Moser May 6, 2014

After a semester of writing about feminism, I’ve come to my final installment in this series of columns. I’ve had a lot of fun exploring the different aspects of feminism that I feel are important,...

Thanking the LGBTQ community

Shannon Greenwood May 6, 2014

I began this column in January of last year without a clue what I was doing. I had no experience writing about LGBTQ issues — heck, I wasn't even out yet. All I knew was that this was something I wanted...

Online media connects feminists worldwide

Elise Moser April 30, 2014

If you’ve been reading my column this semester, you might think I’ve known about this feminism stuff a long time. I like to think I do a good job of making it seem as though I’ve been shouting “down...

My beef with modern pop music

Jack Flemming April 29, 2014

“I’m go go baby, fresh oh baby, go go baby, uh oh baby, no no baby. Yeah yeah baby, now jiggle it baby, let me tickle it baby.” A man named Armando Perez, aka Pitbull, was likely paid somewhere in...

The fight for LGBTQ equality must continue outside courtroom

Shannon Greenwood April 29, 2014

When we discuss equality, we have to remember to do so in its entirety. Usually, we talk about the equality we can measure in tangible goals. Repeal Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell? Done. Find the Defense of...

Bundy, Sterling, and Affirmative Action

Martenzie Johnson April 29, 2014

What a week this has been for black people. Last Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-2 decision, upheld a Michigan ban on affirmative action in higher education. The court ruled voters can ban affirmative...

Going back to the best night of college

Nate Atkins April 28, 2014

Three years ago this week, news broke that Osama bin Laden had been killed, and the best night of college ensued. That night, I found myself in the middle a riot of the American spirit in Greek Town....

The importance of accepting fat acceptance

Abigail Fisher April 28, 2014

Human bodies are strange things. They’re the only medium we have of expressing thoughts into the physical world, and yet we sure do talk a lot of shit about them. I am confident that there are people...

Black culture and Christopher Columbus syndrome

Martenzie Johnson April 25, 2014

Last month, during the Academy Awards, comedian Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie. Not a “first, let me take a selfie” type of selfie; no, DeGeneres took what has become known as a group selfie. The host...

A “Q” is essential

Shannon Greenwood April 24, 2014

When I first began this column over a year ago, style was left up to me. I remember having a conversation with my then-editor about which acronym we should use in my columns — LGBT or LGBTQ. At the...

I hate college just as much as you do, so shut up about it

Abigail Fisher April 23, 2014

To anyone reading this who hasn’t attempted to earn a college degree in an age where your life’s worth is based on what you know, who you know, how little sleep you get at night, and a certificate...

Capturing the present and the future in a sunny day

Nate Atkins April 23, 2014

Last Saturday, I went for a run on a perfect day, and I ended up seeing all I’ve ever needed to see on this campus. I didn’t run around campus, just the center of it. Stankowski Field is the epicenter...