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The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

The University of Pittsburgh's Daily Student Newspaper

The Pitt News

Students gear up, get excited for Thanksgiving break plans 

Students gear up, get excited for Thanksgiving break plans 

By Naomi Weiss, Staff Writer 10:24 am
From hosting a “kiki” to relaxing in rural Indiana, students share a wide scope of ways they will spend Thanksgiving break.
No love for women fishing for women

No love for women fishing for women

By Alexa Bakalarski / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

When Estizer Smith logged into her dating accounts, she expected coffee date invites from other women. But instead, her inbox was filled with men — more specifically, men asking her for threesomes. Smith,...

Will Miller | Staff Photographer

Trans students outsourcing for healthcare

By Josh Ye / Staff Writer February 12, 2016

Rather than get trans health care on campus, Pitt students travel to Edgewood Every morning and night, Summer Wright takes two pills. The first is her daily dose of estrogen. The second blocks the testosterone...

Photo courtesy of Marlo Safi

Support Arab women

By Marlo Safi / Assistant Opinions Editor February 12, 2016

At 19, I only have a faint recollection of the sexism that imbued my traditional, Syrian upbringing. I was never hit, stoned or raped. My father never forced me to swathe myself in a black Niqab. I was...

Terry Tan | Senior Staff Illustrator

Embrace pronouns and each other

By Alyssa Lieberman / Columnist February 12, 2016

Skimming over the syllabus in my gender studies class, I noticed something new amid the usual blocks of deadlines and grading policies — a paragraph on gender-neutral pronouns. I was happily surprised...

New Barbies promote positive self-image

By Kirsten Wong / Columnist February 12, 2016

Girls around the world wanted to look like Barbie. Now, Barbie looks like us. Last week, Mattel Inc. announced that Barbie’s reinvention will come out with an entirely new look — one that includes...

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