Alejandra's Two Cents

The news recently has moved their focus from Ye's antisemitic comments, the tragedy in South Korea, and still flooded with updates on the elections, meaning that plenty of other stories are being overlooked. One of the ones that stood out to me was news that student-athletes in Florida are now being asked to report their periods online.  I realize this is not my first... or second, post regarding the discussion of women's rights, but there have been so many developments in this Post-Roe era we've entered. The title of the article was a little misleading at first because it shocked me that it was being reported at all, but they were actually putting emphasis on the "online" part. Students were already reported information about their menstruation cycles, but on a physical form rather than online. Alongside other medical questions, students included information detailing their first and last period, and even how many weeks between their periods. The information is i...

Just yesterday, NBC News released an article talking about two men in Missouri posting TikToks detailing their plans of attacking the government in Washington D.C. and also against U.S. Border Patrol Agents. As we saw with the January 6 capitol riots, we know that threats like these are not to be taken lightly. Both men were charged with counts of making threats and unlawfully possessing a firearm.  Through an anonymous tip, the FBI was alerted that Byan Perry, 37, was using a TikTok account to make threats about physically taking back the government with his rifle. He also had videos that were also posted in attempt to "recruit six likeminded individuals", who also possess guns.  The second man, Jonathan O'Dell, 32, also used TikTok to highlight his plans of "secring the southern border". Perry also revealed plans he had to "shoot migrants" at the U.S. border and publicly accused Border Patrol of treason, claiming that undocumented immigrants were be...