Blog - The Sassy Subversive

Angry white men playing soldier, thundering with red hats and bloodshot eyes. A loud red man-child spitting venom into a microphone, crowds of chanting supporters with MAGA hats, applauding at the feet of their self-made God. Blind devotion and salutes. Senseless, frenzied rallies. A dizzied chorus who doesn’t know what they’re preaching. This is what I picture when I think...More Please

April 24, 2025

Hold Up…Are We Sure We Want Equality?

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by Milana

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God, what a wasteful, shameful, and disgusting use of government funding… Says Donald Trump with a scrunched up, smoldering face as he signs off Executive Order 13985, ending federal Diversity Equity and Inclusion programs. You might have heard about this little executive order and thought, “Oh, hey! That’s not great. Why would we end those?”...More Please

April 6, 2025

So You Think You’re Pro-Life…

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by Milana

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Listen, I know abortion has always been something of a hot topic. There seem to be so many unknowns and bits of medical knowledge fused with amateur or religious opinion. Personally, I always knew I was pro-choice, but I never really understood why; I just knew it was the side that Democrats were on. Honestly...More Please

March 31, 2025

The World’s on Fire, but I Stocked the Pantries

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by Milana

Here’s an honest confession: I’m already sick of this shit. I’m already sick of opening my phone every day to a fresh “Breaking News” headline that details which foundational aspect of democracy our toddler of a president broke today, and I’m already sick of writing angrily about it. It makes me want to pack my...More Please

March 23, 2025

Your “Dream Girl” is a Myth– Wake the F*ck Up

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by Milana

What I’m writing about today has no shortage of coverage on the internet. We know women battle with stereotypes, double standards, an unwanted male gaze, blah blah blah, every day. It’s redundant and exhausting to consume and create this message on “the struggle of being a woman” when every piece of media seems to say...More Please

March 5, 2025

Let’s get better

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by Milana

Margaret Atwood said the best way to improve at writing is to just write. So here I am. But I’m not here to just polish my sentiments on paper. I’m here because I’m pissed. There is so much saturation of panic and overwhelm in media today that I’m no longer content to just scroll, repost, and call...More Please