Ariel Wajnrajch

awajnra1@binghamton.edu

11 Articles


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The guilt of socializing during a pandemic is nuanced

These days, it feels like every social college activity is a super-spreader event. I find that over the past year and a half, everything makes me feel just a little guilty in...


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How we view classic television shows is subject to changing times

For further emphasis, I’d suggest you read this paragraph in the “Carrie Bradshaw starts a ‘Sex and the City’ episode” voice. I’ve been noticing that lately the line between a need for...


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BU students might want to sign on to Marriage Pact program

Have you ever made the promise to a friend, “If we’re not married by age 40, I’ll marry you?” What if Binghamton University found the perfect friend with whom you should make...


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Restrictive diet culture has no place in the classroom

This article will include an in-depth discussion about eating disorders and related content, readers should be advised. It takes about 30 seconds of Google researching to figure out just how widespread disordered...


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TikTok manifestation may be Gen Z's rebranded prayer

It’s been proven that members of Generation Z are most likely out of any generation to date to say that they are atheists. A 2016 report from Barna and Impact 360 Institute...


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In response to the Binghamton Review's Nov. 18 issue

I discuss the Holocaust in this piece, at some points in detail. I choose not to shy away from the details so as to paint a more vivid picture, but readers are...


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Following diverse TikTok creators can expand limited worldviews

I know this is going to sound stupid, but hear me out: TikTok has given me a glimpse into diversity from my very sheltered and ethnically homogenous background. Instead of only getting...


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We must reevaluate our understanding of Zionism

As a Jewish Democrat from New York, I find myself thinking about U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez quite a lot. I watch the video discussing her experiences with misogyny in the workplace, particularly...


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Physical education instruction needs to be reevaluated

As a child, all the way through high school, I always struggled with gym class. But if, similar to high school, I were required to take some sort of gym class every...


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For younger generations, dark times call for dark humor

How many times within the past week have you heard someone say something along the lines of “I’d rather get the coronavirus than miss the opportunity to walk at graduation, take an...