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Author’s Note: While I acknowledge
that not only cis-women get pregnant,
in this article I will use the languageof pregnant women and mothers, as
cis-women’s health was at the core
of the literature I used for my thesis
[whic h t he artic le is adapte d f rom]. By
no means do I intend to represent the
experiences of all pregnant people.
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s we work our way through the
primary season, watching both
parties’ candidates debate eachother internally makes it easy to lose sight
of the implications of this election. When
the candidates are not debating members of
the opposite party directly, some perspective
is always missing, and looking at Facebook
or cable news would indicate that there is
a massive gulf between the views of Hillary
Clinton and Bernie Sanders. This is simply
not true. There may be some genuine
dierences in policy priorities and the
approaches that Hillary and Bernie would
take in leading this country, but those
dierences pale in comparison to the much
larger gulf between either one of them and
the Republican nominee, whoever that may
be.
Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton
support women’s access to reproductive
health care and federal funding for Planned
Parenthood. All of the Republican candidates
have promised to block this funding should
they win. Both Bernie Sanders and Hillary
Clinton support same-sex marriage. All of
the Republican candidates claim to support
“traditional marriage.” Both Bernie Sanders
and Hillary Clinton want to raise taxes
on the wealthiest Americans. All of the
Republican candidates would decrease taxes
on the wealthiest Americans, putting more
of the tax burden on middle- and lower-
income families. Both Sanders and Clintonsupport investment in clean and renewable
energy; immigration reform, including
a path to citizenship; equal pay for equal
work; campaign nance reform; voting
rights; gun safety; protection of civil rights;
and regulating Wall Street. Both would
nominate justices to the Supreme Court who
would defend all of these positions as well.
The Republican candidates oppose all of
these ideas and would nominate justices to
the Supreme Court who share their views.
If President Obama is unable to
successfully ll the open seat on the
Supreme Court before leaving oce in
January 2017, there will be at least one open
seat. With several justices in their 80s, it islikely that the next President will get at least
one appointment to the court during their
term, even excluding this open seat. In the
past few years, the Supreme Court has made
signicant decisions including Shelby v.
Holder, which stripped key portions of the
1965 Voting Rights Act, and Citizens United,
which deemed money equal to speech and
corporations equal to people with only a
5-4 majority. These decisions indicate that
a switch of even one seat could lead to very
dierent political and policy realities in
the United States. From campaign nance
reform, to the protection of voting rights
and armative action, to the protectionof Roe v. Wade, to the continued existence
of collective bargaining rights for workers,
there are massive issues in front of the court
on a regular basis. A court with a 5-4 or 6-3
liberal majority would allow progress to
occur on all of these issues and more, even
if Congress remains gridlocked, but a court
with a 5-4 or 6-3 conservative majority could
have disastrous implications for the country.
The 2016 presidential election will be
extremely close no matter who is nominated,
as will many of the Senate races taking place
in swing states. If you are not sure whether
your vote will matter, simply take a look at
the 2008 congressional election results (a
year with high voter participation) versusthe 2014 congressional election results (a
year with low voter participation). The 2008
election brought 257 Democrats to the House
of Representatives and eight Democrats
to the Senate, bolstering majorities in
both of these chambers. The 2014 election
brought only 188 Democrats to the House,
and Republicans gained eight seats in the
Senate, which was enough to take
of the chamber. Looking at these
it quickly becomes clear that a n
is equivalent to voting for the Rep
Party. The Republican base con
turns out to vote and will therefore c
not be staying home on Election D year when they believe they are likel
back the Presidency.
No matter who wins the Dem
nomination, it is imperative that the
candidate is fully supported by all th
voted in the primary. Bernie Sander
is not Hillary Clinton, and Hillary C
enemy is not Bernie Sanders. This i
to remember in a primary season th
tenser every day. Again, Bernie Sa
correct in saying that when voter
is low, Republicans do better ele
and we cannot allow small but a
dierences make this prediction co
Staying home on Election Day
we are not 100 percent satised Democratic nominee would play r
the Republican Party’s hands. With
Trump having a real chance at win
Republican nomination, and Ted C
Marco Rubio close behind him, th
a time to sit on the sidelines in an
to retain moral superiority or ide
purity. The stakes are too high.
Bernie, Hillary Both Better Than RepuMarty Ascher
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"he problems that plague the prison
system are the same problems that
exist in the rest of society, magnied
to a horric degree. This is particularly
true for women’s issues. The population
of incarcerated women is dierent than
that of incarcerated men because 70
percent of women in state prisons were
convicted of nonviolent crimes relating to
drugs, property, or petty nancial crimes,
whereas the percentage of incarcerated
men who were convicted only of
nonviolent crimes is much lower. Because
the criminal justice system is designed
in such a way that people can use money
or information as leverage in sentence
negotiations, the people that get the worstsentences are those who are disadvantaged
in society, such as women. So even though
women do not commit as many serious
crimes as men do, they still suer long and
harsh sentences. Like men, women face
injustices in prison related to their health
and general welfare, but there are specic
concerns that only, or overwhelmingly,
aect the female incarcerated population.
One such concern is sexual abuse, which,
like virtually all problems in the criminal
justice system, is even more problematic
for women of color. According to Amnesty International,
anywhere between 48 percent and 88
percent of women inmates in the U.S.
have experienced physical or sexual abuse
before entering prison. Many more go on
to be victims of sexual abuse in prison.
Even those who do not are subject to
invasive and traumatizing bodily searches.
Seventy percent of the guards in women’s
prisons are men — men who frequently
sexually abuse and harass incarcerated
women, and then retaliate against those
who report them. Most of these cases go
unreported or uninvestigated.
Even in the rare situations when women
have hard evidence of abuse, they are
treated with disgusting disrespect. Lucy Amador, for example, was forced to perform
oral sex on a guard and then used a semen
stain on her shirt as evidence of the assault.
The guard was red and prosecuted,
but Amador also faced punishment by
being placed in solitary connement and
denied access to psychiatric treatment. If
this was the treatment of a survivor of an
assault that prison ocials acknowledged
and conrmed, there is no telling what
gross atrocities other women who are not
believed must experience.
There is also the issue of coercive, ratherthan violent, sexual abuse. Incarcerated
women have virtually no power. They are
working within the context of not only
societal gender power dynamics, but also
the unique and extreme power dynamics
that exist between an incarcerated person
and a guard. In this situation, the only
currency that a woman has is sex, and she
may partake in sexual activity with a guard
to get favors or to avoid punishment. While
these relationships might seem consensual
to some, the power dynamic renders
consent impossible. Nothing takes away
a woman’s agency, sense of self, desire
to live, or self-respect more than sexual
abuse, and nowhere is it more prevalent
than in the criminal ‘justice’ system.Some people may look at these instances
of abuse and acknowledge that, though
they are tragic, they are emblematic of
an enforcement problem rather than an
institutional one. They see sexual abuse as
a problem with individual guards, rather
than as a system that exists around the
idea that hundreds of powerless women
are under the complete control of a handful
of men. Those people are incorre
the system that is to blame, and
system that must be changed.
There are several policy changcould help address the atrociti
women face within the crimina
system. In order to combat the epid
sexual assault in prisons, there sh
no male correctional ocers in w
prisons. Furthermore, survivors o
assault must have access to resou
therapy and advocacy to help them
such dicult times. These survivo
be allowed to get no-contact orders
their attacker through the cours
investigation, which must be co
speedily and by a panel of sexual
experts. Additionally, in order for
to be able to utilize their own n
and support systems, they sho
incarcerated within a reasonable dfrom their homes. Of course, the in
of the criminal ‘justice’ system are
and so varied, that these policy cha
really only the tip of the iceberg. I
to achieve actual justice — for inca
people of all genders — a c
overhaul of the system is necessary
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Being a poor college student on
the Main Line has always been astrange juxtaposition of wanting
to buy microwavable Easy Mac, yet I’m
surrounded by violin shops, pet boutiques
and Ferrari dealerships. I am complaining
honestly about tremendous privilege right
now. I want to convey the oddity of living
within a bubble of wealth while unable able
to aord any of it. It’s like the Prince and the
Pauper scenario: living as if you are a part
of Main Line’s old money when in reality
you’re wondering why you haven’t been
thrown out yet.
I had one of those strong, !"#$%&'"()*$%+"
,)-) moments at a Planned Parenthood
Benet event earlier this November. Invited
by my cousin, the benet was held to raise
funding for the Planned Parenthood ofSoutheastern Pennsylvania. As a fan of
both women’s reproductive rights and free
invitations, I graciously accepted.
I didn’t expect that I would feel out of place
because, even though a benet does sound
bourgeois, I thought I would t in with other
feminist supporters. However, I was quickly
the least classy and youngest person in the
room. Although we were seated with a group
of hyper-intelligent black women, who told
us about their theories of otherworldly
life and this upcoming election (excellent
dinner topics for strangers), the rest of
the room was composed of older, smartlydressed white liberals. I was generations
behind the rest of the crowd, and being half-
Filipino, not entirely white. When musical
comedian, Katie Goodman, took the stage,
she certainly didn’t try to challenge the
audience.
Katie Goodman had a self-deprecating,
soccer mom brand of humor. She conveyed
a hysterical, hapless look that tried to
play on people’s insecurities–the feeling
of “I have it bad, but at least I’m not her!”
It was truly impressive that each of her
jokes was delivered through song, always
accompanied by her own piano-playing or
guitar-strumming. Some of her biggest hits
of the night we’re, “Sorry Babe, You’re a
Feminist,” “Probably Gay, the HomophobiaSong,” and, “I Didn’t F— it Up.” Goodman
was playing on really powerful, relevant
topics, but instead of speaking something
new, she recycled white liberal rhetoric.
In each of her songs, she was pushing
forward a positive message. She attacks
corrupt politicians who aim to defund
Planned Parenthood or ban gay marriage.
She criticizes celebrity women who insist
they’re not feminists because they, “love
men,” and even calls for some kind of shared
understanding between conservatives and
liberals.
However, even though the crowd inthe room was slapping their knees and
spilling their wine from laughing so hard,
I didn’t think anything she was saying was
actually controversial or revolutionary.
It’s easy to support gay marriage. It’s not
easy to criticize to recognize how achieving
gay marriage still leaves the struggles
of the majority of the queer community
in the dark. Goodman was quick to
criticize Republicans for ghting against
reproductive rights, but didn’t recognize
how Democrats often ignore the black
community’s constant ght, disregarding
any topic on race completely. You can call
out celebrity women for denying feminism,
but I would like to see Katie Goodman
promote intersectional feminism instead.Planned Parenthood itself has an ugly,
white feminist history as Margaret Sanger
was a white supremacist and eugenics
supporter. Similarly, we cannot ignore our
own college’s white supremacist past under
M. Carey Thomas, and others, as Bryn Mawr
was initially an institution to educate and
groom white women only. Katie Goodman’s
songs reminded me of how easy it is to say,
“I’m pro-life, I’m pro-gay marriag
feminist.” What’s harder is to exam
institutions you’ve supported and r
how they’re rooted in hatefu
What’s harder is to speak out andcommunities beyond your own.
After the silent auction ended
rae winners were announced, th
thinned out and people went on w
daily lives. What’s disappointing
even though Katie Goodman wa
the platform to say something im
she chose to spoon her audience t
safe messages they told themselve
Everyone in the room was doing so
important that night by dona
Planned Parenthood and coming
support reproductive rights. How
can’t help but think about what wa
and unsung on Goodman’s guitar.
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celebrating the great accomplishments
of black people? What does it have to do
with me?” I don’t know how many Smithies
hold this opinion, but I did encounter it on my
Facebook newsfeed. It’s shocking to me how
many people think black history is irrelevant
to this day. In 1988, the Smithsonian
Institution surveyed 10,000 Americans
on slavery. Ninety-two percent of white
respondents felt slavery had little meaning to
them, responding “my family did not arrive
until after the end of slavery.” While statistics
might be dierent now, this is exactly why
Black History Month is important: to learn why black history matters to all of us.
How did Black History Month come to
exist?
In 1926, the great black historian Carter G.
Woodson and the Association for the Study
of Negro Life and History announced that the
second week of February would be celebrated
as “Negro History Week.” During this time,
most history books simply omitted any African
American history and the central role black
Americans played in the birth of America. In
1976, the U.S. government expanded Negro
History Week to Black History Month. Black
History Month continues to recognize the
legacy of black history in American history.
Why is Black History Month still important
in today’s context?
We can tell a great deal about a country
from what it chooses to forget. Black history is
denitely an important piece of our history thatis left out or distorted. After all, maintaining
status quo is way easier than addressing the
problem. To take current events out of their
historical context is an ecient way to mask
the white supremacy in our society and
dismiss the Black Lives Matter movement
as “sensitive,” “irrational” or “misguided.”
Slavery, segregation and the Civil Rights
movement – these important events should
not just be a page in our history books. The
impact of historical events extends way
beyond their time, it is reected in our
behavior, thought, public opinion and laws.
We imagine that time erases the connection
of history to present, but this is nothing but
a naïve dismissal. Black History Month is an
opportunity to relearn our history through
black historical perspectives, create awareness
for the struggles and the challenges faced by
our black peers, and understand the bigger
picture of the Black Lives Matter movement.
It is important to understand that black
history month is not just a celebration of the
black community but a way for everyone toengage in the imperative eort of thinking,
acknowledging and promoting racial justice.
What’s our role in Black History Month?
As non-black students, I believe that it
is critical for us to listen, self-educate and
respect. In essence, it is us asking o
peers, “What is your story?” and res
by active listening and embracing. I
throwing away that apathy, nuan
unease and really devote time to lea
story of our black peers in a respec
It is not about being argumentativ
or judgmental; it is about compas
awareness. It is not about being sile
or afraid; it is about discovering a
facet of the same story that we have
heard. Black History Month is also
to self-educate. It is about siding
black peers by lifting their weight o
to face our unawareness. It is about
a space for them, handing the micro
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!n a historic move for student performers
everywhere, the good people of the
Vassar College Orchestra and Choir have
announced this week that they will be the
rst college musicians to ocially unionize. According to a member of the orchestra who
wishes to retain their anonymity, this comes
in the aftermath of a series of “abuses” and
“usurpations” that “we simply could not
ignore.”
I spoke this week with the contra-bass
clarinettist of the orchestra, who blames
conductor Eduardo Navega on his inability to
provide for his family. “When Maestro Navega
hired me I thought I had made it. But I am
not paid unless I perform, and in the 4 years
since my hiring, Navega has yet to program a
piece scored for contrabass clarinet. I haven’t
been able to provide for my family, and child
protective services is threatening to take away
my child.”
Later this week I spoke with Vassar CollegeChoir bass Phil Chen, who despite repeated
auditions and pleas to join the Women’s
Chorus, has not secured a position. Maestra
Howlett oered Phil a spot, but only if he
sang in the alto range. He refused, asking why
he couldn’t stick to his bass voice register.
According to Chen, “when I spoke with
Maestra Howlett about simply singing the alto
part an octave down, or the soprano part two
octaves down, she was highly unenthusiastic.”I don’t understand why basses cannot have a
role in SSA repertoire. The Choir’s Union has
promised me reparations on this issue and I
look forward to being redeemed and joining
the Women’s Chorus after all. Let’s just say
that the Maestro had better have a good
lawyer, because we will show no mercy.”
Perhaps the most shocking of all the stories
involves rst Cellist David Toto, who bravely
shared his tale. “I was so shocked,” wrote
Toto, as he shook his head disapprovingly
from side-to-side. “Sometimes when I sit for
long periods of time, like during a concert, all
the blood rushes to my feet. Because my dress
shoes are too small, it starts to feel really funny
and I can feel my heartbeat in my toes, you
know? And all I want is to be allowed to playmy cello standing up during concerts but the
maestro refuses. I am so shocked. Hopefully
with the help of the orchestra’s union I will
nally be able to play my cello in an upright
position.”
Choir soprano Sarah Rodeo says that
Vassar Madrigals Conductor Drew Minter
isn’t open to student’s opinions. “I thought
a cornerstone of a Vassar education was
being allowed to engage openly with ourprofessors on issues, even contentious ones.
I am entitled to my opinion, and so is the
Maestro. So when Maestro Minter claimed
that I was singing a perfect fourth instead of
a perfect fth, I disagreed. But he refused to
respect my opinion and instead claimed that I
was absolutely wrong. If it is my opinion that
the interval I was singing was a perfect fth,
who is he to shut me down? The world is full
of opposing opinions, all of which deserve a
place for discussion and engagement on this
campus. Hopefully with the help of the Choir’s
Union, the Maestro will be more open to
engaging with students on issues of tonality.”
I heard from an orchestra violist that
Maestro Navega has been misinterpreting
dynamic markings for years: “So, you know if you have like one f, that’s like, one forte right?
But like, if there are two of them, like , then
its even louder, right? And then like… three or
four of them… or like ten f’s is really
Which totally makes sense because
there are more of them and when
all those letters you just want to pla
because it’s so exciting. But it’s also
same for p, right? Like p means pian
really really quiet. Like it doesn’t getthan that. Then two p’s is a little lou
that, then three is even louder, so tec
if you had like, 20 p’s it would be the
like, an f, right? It totally makes sens
think Maestro Navega has it mixed up
he never does this. But every time I as
it he just blows me o.”
Among all these specic issues whic
addressed by the new unions, the two gr
also petitioning for three bathroom br
rehearsal, sick pay, maternity/patern
and Queen. Tenor Nick Ruggeri told
choir has been trying for years to get
Howlett to program a choral arran
of Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,”
refuses. This is authoritarian. We wa
in the repertoire we sing. It’s like no without representation, except ins
representation we just want Bo
Rhapsody, and no taxes.”
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