The makers of Heineken beer recently released a four-plus-minute-long advertisement posing as a social experiment. In it, actors pretend to be people with wildly polarizing opinions on the topics of feminism, climate change and transgenderism. The directors of the commercial intentionally left race out of the commercial, perhaps believing that subject is too touchy to…
Asbestos, a notorious carcinogen, is responsible for over 107,000 deaths across the world every single year, and 15,000 of those are Americans. Formed by a combined group of minerals that occur naturally in soils and rocks, asbestos is predominantly silicon and oxygen, and these fibers can be incredibly useful since they are strong, heat-resistant and…
If you were born after 1972, you’ve never seen a third-party presidential candidate receive a single electoral vote. Even in 2016’s “lesser of two evils” contest, third-party candidates combined to earn roughly five percent of the vote, the same number Ross Perot achieved on his own in 1992. Our system is becoming increasingly stratified. Presidential…
Americans are a proud people, and as such, we are also known for misinterpreting the often dark reasons behind why we celebrate our holidays. Many holidays are actually rooted in victories over very undesirable circumstances, but we don’t necessarily realize that when we’re picnicking or drinking margs. As another commonly misunderstood holiday approaches, I thought…
Hello, lovely readers — Kate here! I’d like to (excitedly) announce that the content published on Only Slightly Biased in the coming months will be displaying a shift in focus. Anyone who reads my work probably knows by now that I lean liberally. However, I’ve been feeling particularly fed up with the two-party system lately, especially in the wake of…
As a generation, we’re so fantastically entwined in our pop culture that it’s too easy to compare current events to movies. Films and television shows become perfect analogies for the things we’re experiencing on a daily basis and yes, even the things we fear. With that in mind, what movie plots best resemble the Trump…
Feminism has arguably become culturally and socially “trendy” in recent years. If you go to a women’s clothing store nowadays, chances are you’re going to see feminist slogans on some of the t-shirts. TV shows and movies are making sure they have strong female leads to attract female viewers and online discussion. But how much…
In December, we did a round-up of political blogs by women to follow in 2017. It mentioned feminist favorites like Feministing and Adios, Barbie. I’ve actually since been published on one of the sites on that list — Feminist Current! (Did you really think I wouldn’t throw in just a teensy bit of shameless self-promotion?)…
If you’re a Democrat, Eric Trump is disappointed in you, but it’s not the kind of disappointment you might think. It’s not the kind of disappointment you feel, for example, when the president’s son arrives at your barber shop and asks you for a Richard Spencer. It’s old news by now that Eric believes that…