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The Student Voice of Fordham Lincoln Center

The Observer

ALISSA FAJEK, Assistant Opinions Editor Emerita

All content by ALISSA FAJEK
An empty prison in 2007.
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Prisoners Are Entitled to Basic Human Rights

October 3, 2013
Refusing health care to inmates and making their conditions fatal seems more like an unfair, unconstitutional version of the death penalty—not to mention, a greedy one at that.
Elmo and his friends in Times Square are now the subjects of a police investigation following recent reports of harassment and assault.  (Megan O'Hara/The Observer)

Street Characters Strike Back

April 25, 2013
There’s nothing scarier for both children and adults alike than seeing childhood heroes transform into monsters right in front of their eyes.

Natural Disasters Take Social Media by Storm

November 12, 2012
Natural disasters are nothing to laugh about. Communities are destroyed and many are injured or even killed. These “meme-sters” and bloggers are being insensitive and do not understand the gravity of the situation.
(Savannah Schechter/The Observer)

I’m Not In A Relationship With My Cat

November 6, 2012
Are you single? Are you female? Are you approaching your mid-twenties? Do you live alone? Do you happen to like cats? Be careful, you don’t want to become one of “those” women—the crazy Cat Lady.
Sexist Halloween Costumes

Sexist Halloween Costumes

October 31, 2012

“In the regular world, Halloween is when children dress up in costumes and beg for candy. In Girl World, Halloween is the one night a year when a girl can dress like a total slut and no other girls can...

If it sounds sticky, sweet, and delicious, or like something you might call your cat, don’t use it on your girl. (Savannah Schechter/The Observer)

Pet Names: Cute or Condescending?

October 17, 2012
Personally, I don’t see the cute side of these “terms of endearment.” I use the word “endearment” loosely, because in all honesty, I see nothing endearing about being compared to a dessert or an infant.
It’ s called breaking up, not breaking down. (Photo Illustration by Katherine Fotinos/The Observer)

Questioning TV’s Broken Woman Stereotype

May 2, 2012
NBC’s new hit comedy “Best Friends Forever,” created by and starring Bridesmaids’ Jessica St. Clair and Lennon Parham, portrays how this “broken woman stereotype” is explored in the media.
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