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In this feature for the Space Issue, Editor-in-Chief Hanna Khalil explores the world of body positivity activism through an interview with Naomi Savin, founder of the eating disorder recovery and body acceptance Instagram account @DietCultureSucks. Photo by Carly Hanna. She can be reached at https://carlysurfcr.wixsite.com/mysite

My friends are not calling me by my name. They don’t know it, and I don’t want to let them know.  Coming from another part of the world, the first month of college is a crucial part of the adjusting process. Despite  the warmth I received from Wash U faculty, classmates, floor mates, and people…

In an era involving impeachment proceedings, Brexit, war in the Middle East, presidential campaigns and debates, a supposedly impending financial crisis, pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong, and countless other headline stories, it can be incredibly difficult to stay updated with every new development. As recently as a few months ago, the major stories of the…

A few months ago, I went to the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City with a friend. Framed among a display of contemporary portraits was a quote by writer and activist Audre Lorde. The quote read, “Black and Third World people are expected to educate white people as to our humanity. Women are…

The writer of this article, a Wash U student, requests to remain anonymous for safety concerns for his family living in Hong Kong. Eight months ago, a Google search of Hong Kong brings up articles about Edward Snowden, exotic turtles, and rising costs of living in the city of 7.4 million people. From that point…

When I first moved into the Co-op, Wash U’s intentional community dedicated to cultivating a safe and non-hierarchical space on campus, what struck me most was the living memory of the space. Walls were painted lime green and canary yellow and deep blue, filled with names and quotes written in sharpie. We could never get…

My seventh-grade history teacher had a reputation for being the cool teacher. He was ridiculously passionate about his class, which was on medieval English history, but, more importantly to us, he had swords in his classroom (fake, don’t worry) and fun review games. So when he switched the focus of the class halfway through the…