Between the rise of child influencers and excited parents posting life updates, it’s hard to scroll far without running into an adorable face smiling from an Instagram post or a TikTok video. “Kidfluencer” is a large social media genre that makes millions of dollars. Popular Kidfluencer Ryan Kaji, for example, has made $35 million during...
Category: Opinions
Satire: Male experts weigh in on makeup usage
Should women wear makeup? Rather than ask the go-to sources on all things cosmetic — women — we consulted the proper experts: men. Some may argue men are not qualified to make sweeping statements about women’s appearances. Men disagree, and history backs them up. Men have been wearing makeup since 4,000 B.C., when the ancient...
You’re an adult, put down the carton of milk
I heard perhaps the best rebuke of raw milk last semester after a classmate pitched its benefits to a professor. “But you are an adult human male,” said the professor. “Why do you still drink milk? You’re not a child.” In this spirit, it is curious this has become such a spirited movement — but...
Don’t listen to Louis Pasteur: drink raw milk
Raw milk is real milk. In 1987, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a regulation that made the sale or distribution of raw milk illegal. Since then, many Americans have viewed raw milk in a negative light. But humans have consumed raw milk for thousands of years. It became a problem only when industrialization...
Make new friends at Saga’s long tables
When I first visited Hillsdale in 2021, my tour guide emphasized the intentionality behind the iconic round tables in the dining hall. He talked about the deeper meaning behind the stylistic choice, and how it promoted equal discussion amongst peers and so on and so forth. Though I do agree that a round table provides...




