What were you doing on Nov. 3? I’m going to take a wild guess and say you were not in a voting booth casting a vote for the local Los Angeles County elections. But don’t worry, you’re not alone in your inaction. According to the Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk website, in Los Angeles County, […]
Author Archives: Julia McCarthy
Julia McCarthy: Praising Paul Ryan ignores his hypocrisy on work-family issues
Sheryl Sandberg, the chief operating officer at Facebook, is a pretty popular person. More than 1,766,700 people follow her profile, and the things she posts often get thousands of “likes” and equally as many “shares,” meaning she has the potential to influence discussions. One of Sandberg’s recent posts from last week was about Wisconsin congressman […]
Julia McCarthy: UCLA must push for survey to gauge attitudes toward sexual assault
Statistics matter. Statistics keep us informed. Statistics allow me to go swimming in the ocean knowing that I only have a roughly one in two to three million chance of getting killed by a shark. But when statistics don’t accurately paint the full picture of a problem, they can be misleading, allowing a community to […]
Julia McCarthy: Media coverage of presidential election reveals gender bias
Since her 2008 presidential campaign, Hillary Clinton’s served as Secretary of State, published a memoir and found herself embroiled in a scandal involving her personal e-mail. But don’t worry – all those accomplishments haven’t stopped the media from focusing on the most important thing: What’s she wearing? In her 2008 campaign, the media initially covered […]
Julia McCarthy: Dialogues are crucial to creating consent culture in UC campuses
One of the moments I remember most vividly from my new student orientation was when a presenter asked us to raise our hands if we knew someone who had experienced sexual assault. Looking around Ackerman Grand Ballroom, well over half of the 400 or so students who surrounded me had their hands raised high. Despite […]
Julia McCarthy: ‘Je suis Charlie’ rally cry acquires negative sentiment
Across the world, “Je suis Charlie,” has become a trending phrase. It has allowed anyone with an Internet connection to show his or her solidarity for the victims of the attack on the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. However, the deaths of the 12 victims in the attacks have been manipulated to represent much more […]
Julia McCarthy: Career Center needs to improve student outreach
An hour and a half later, my head was spinning. I had just attended an information-packed orientation for the UCLA Center for American Politics and Public Policy’s Quarter in Washington program. The session, which includes topics ranging from how to craft the perfect cover letter to how to send the awkward follow-up email when you […]