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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
Victoria's Secret at CrossIron Mills in Alberta, Canada.

Opinion | The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is not so angelic

By Sierra O’Neil, Senior Staff Writer • November 10, 2025
Senior staff writer Sierra O’Neil looks back at the Victoria Secret Fashion Show and debates the true effect it is meant to have.
Crime alert on a phone.

Opinion | Crime reporting has become distasteful

By Faith Richardson, Senior Staff Writer • November 10, 2025
Senior staff writer Faith Richardson argues that crime reporting has become distasteful in recent years.
A Pitt Student watches Season 4 Episode 7 of Game of Thrones on TV.

Opinion | Has sex in TV actually improved the way people view it in real life?

By Abby Breidenbach, Staff Writer • October 27, 2025
Staff writer Abby Breidenbach discusses the loss of value in sensuality in TV, how the film industry isn’t achieving its goal to normalize sensuality and the difference between normalization and desensitization.
A scene from “Civil War” (2024).

Opinion | Movies and shows can help reflect current day politics and consequences of polarization

By Abby Breidenbach, Staff Writer • October 10, 2025

Lots of dystopian stories, like “The Hunger Games” or “Divergent,” portray worlds that seem too distant from ours. It is easy to look at stories like these and think that our world could never...

A student looks at an Instagram post from @Mattxiv.

‘Things are pretty grim out there’: Media censorship under the Trump administration

By Maxine Van Nortwick, Staff Writer • February 19, 2025
After a polarizing 2024 presidential election, some social media users may be feeling media burnout. But this onslaught of change isn’t slowing down anytime soon, according to Dr. Paul Johnson — especially with predictions of media censorship on the rise. 
Satire | A better use for editorial space

Satire | A better use for editorial space

By Anna Ehlers, Contributing Editor • April 17, 2024
While I am already impressed by how The Pitt News has taken advantage of ad opportunities, with many ads featured both on the website and in the print edition, I believe it would be to The Pitt News’ advantage to take your advertisement goals even further and replace editorial material with these helpful advertisements. 
Opinion | We should all try new types of entertainment

Opinion | We should all try new types of entertainment

By Kelly Xiong, Senior Staff Columnist • April 11, 2024
Entertainment comes in many forms, languages and genres. We often stick to a certain genre or language of whatever we’re comfortable with, but this limitation blocks people from discovering many other wonderful forms of entertainment. 
Opinion | Do I hate women?: Navigating female main characters

Opinion | Do I hate women?: Navigating female main characters

By Danae Poteat, Staff Columnist • April 3, 2024
I love women. They are truly one of the greatest products of the universe. But do I also hate women? Well, the answer is yes.
Objects on display at the “Camp on Campus” exhibit in the Cathedral of Learning on Mar. 4.

‘Camp on Campus’ exhibit examines the ‘camp’ aesthetic in media through the ages

By Irene Castillo, Staff Writer • March 23, 2024

“Camp” took social media by storm when the organizers of the 2019 Met Gala chose Susan Sontag’s essay “Notes on Camp” as its theme. On March 4, it took on Pitt’s campus with a one-day-only...

Mimesis | ‘Saltburn’: I Think, Therefore I Am Not

Mimesis | ‘Saltburn’: I Think, Therefore I Am Not

By Chloe Woodruff, Staff Writer • January 19, 2024
Mimesis is a biweekly blog that analyzes media through a philosophical and narrative lens.
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