Blog - The Sassy Subversive

HELLO everyone! Happy winter. It’s lovely to be back. I know it’s been a while, and you can expect more sporadic posts, but I’m in this thing called college, and it’s kinda time-consuming, so I’ve been living my lovely little life and studying for finals. Here are some updates: I slipped on the sidewalk today,...More Please

April 27, 2025

Fascism? I Hardly Know Her!

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by Milana

The term “fascism” about Trump’s leadership style gets thrown around quite often, but it’s important to know that this term is layered, complex, and requires many boxes to be checked to be used correctly. Jason Stanley, Yale’s leading professor of Philosophy and author of “How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them,” labeled a...More Please

April 24, 2025

Hold Up…Are We Sure We Want Equality?

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by Milana

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

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