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The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

The independent student newspaper of Northeastern University

The Huntington News

All content by Sydney Somerville
The SlutWalk movement has reclaimed the term slut, but this is not the way to go if we want to truly empower women.

Op-ed: Why I will never call myself a slut, even if it is meant to be empowering

Sydney Somerville, contributor
February 25, 2021

“Women should avoid dressing like sluts.”​  This statement, from a Toronto police officer, sparked the ​SlutWalk movement in 2011​. The SlutWalk calls for an end to rape culture, victim blaming...

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Op-ed: Beyond Roe v. Wade

Sydney Somerville, contributor
January 20, 2021

Last year, in October, Amy Coney Barrett, a conservative Catholic judge, was confirmed to the United States Supreme Court. In the following days, my news feed was dominated by articles about the landmark...

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