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Sustainable Obtainables: Fostering community with a low footprint
As this is a column about purchasing, I’d like to inspire the Mac community to think about how to use their purchasing power to enrich their connections with their neighbors. Here are some fun and inspiring things you can do for little to no cost every day this (or any!) week.
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Bringing Sexy Mac! Consent is sexy; being intentional and clear with language is sexier
Sex positivity is a movement dealing explicitly with the intersections between consent, contraception and protective barriers, sexuality, sexism, happiness in the bedroom and confidence in our bodies.
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[Sustainable Obtainables] Eco-faceoff: E-readers vs. books, tech vs. trees, nostalgia vs. nifty
The debate is one that reaches far and wide. Even if you don’t own an e-reader, you’ve probably had to contemplate the pros and cons of using one at some point in your
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Bringing Sexy Mac! Examining sex positivity through a lens of class consciousness
Numerous departments and organizations on campus have gathered over the course of this semester to discuss a common topic: class. At every single gathering, the reason multiple people (myself included) gave for attending
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Bringing Sexy Mac! Grappling with personal bubbles, personal responsibility
Since the start of the academic year, one of the highlights of my week is working with girls ages six to eight at an after-school program I help to facilitate. They are sweet and
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Sustainable obtainables: The fourth “R”
We all know about the three “Rs” of sustainability—reduce, reuse, recycle.
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Bringing Sexy Mac! Safe(r): Thinking about spaces at Mac for conversations about surviving violence
It might say a lot about my activities on campus when I say that I really know my icebreakers. I have participated in enough trainings and encountered enough leadership-building exercises to have a good
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Bringing Sexy Mac! It’s not all whips and handcuffs: Thinking about consent in BDSM
On my way to work last weekend, I noticed a familiar sight. Stuck between the hands of a woman who sat across the aisle on the 84 bus, there was *Fifty Shades of Grey*, the incredibly popular erotic novel that includes sadomasochistic sex scenes.
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Sustainable Obtainables: Eating local year-round ain’t no thing
Whether you live on campus, off campus, like to cook or you’d rather eat at Café Mac, there will likely come a point in the long winter months where you’ll be faced with shopping at the grocery store. If you’ve got a small (or big) case of eco-anxiety like I do, you might be wondering how to shop sustainably for food while everything alive seems to be frozen over and buried under snow all around us.
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Bringing Sexy Mac! Turn up the covers: Beds as a political space
Growing up, I didn’t give much thought to sharing my bed.
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