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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

Opinion | How masculinity twists the minds of incels

Opinion | How masculinity twists the minds of incels

By Ebonee Rice-Nguyen, Senior Staff Columnist December 9, 2022
How we perceive masculinity is connected to the violent nature of the incel community.
Opinion | Guns and American masculinity are inextricably linked

Opinion | Guns and American masculinity are inextricably linked

By Paige Wasserman, Staff Columnist June 7, 2022
Much of American gun enthusiasm is rooted in backwards patriarchal ideology.
Opinion | What ‘Rick and Morty’ can tell us about American masculinity

Opinion | What ‘Rick and Morty’ can tell us about American masculinity

By Genna Edwards, Senior Staff Columnist May 19, 2020
The showrunners, Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland, have 70 episodes left. They should use them to change their philosophical tune.
Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at Carnegie Music Hall Feb. 12. (Photo by Thomas Yang | Visual Editor)

Editorial: Biden Twitter bout promises more brash leadership

By The Pitt News Editorial Board March 27, 2018

For those who fear a woman would be too emotional to be president, last Thursday’s Twitter scrap between two men — one currently in that position, one potentially the next in line — might change...

About 20 people attended a talk on toxic masculinity, hosted by Pitt’s chapter of Phi Beta Sigma in the William Pitt Union Monday night. (Photo by Evan Meng | Staff Photographer)

Sigmas scrutinize race, masculinity

By Sarah Frumkin | Staff Writer October 24, 2017

Gabby Yearwood said he tells people all the time he wasn’t born a feminist. Toxic forms of masculinity impacted his own life as a youth, he said. But going to college helped undo his preconceptions...

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