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Boy moms on TikTok foster a lack of emotional maturity in young men

Dec 6, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal

These mothers enable tired stereotypes and force exploitation onto their sons “I love my girls, but a girl, like, steals your clothes and has an attitude, you know? There’s nothing like being a boy mom. Like, seriously, it’s the best.”In an October 2023 episode of “The Kardashians,” reality star and television personality Kim Kardashian was asked to describe her four children.
Toxicity on social media

Oct 30, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal |Asha Wojciechowski |Varun Singh |Samika Bhatkar

El Estoque’s Opinion section delves into the toxic trends on social media About the Contributors Suhana is currently a junior and an Opinion editor for El Estoque. In her free time, she loves to read NYT editorials, rewatch "Derry Girls" and find new bookstores to explore. Asha Wojciechowski is a Junior and Opinion Editor for El Estoque.
Women insulting other women online enables toxic internalized misogyny

Oct 25, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal |Asha Wojciechowski

When a woman insults another woman, the woman being torn down isn’t being targeted for her actions or personality. The methods used to insult women online tend to ignore the truly offensive substance, often problematic content, and quickly resort to misogyny or petty comments. It is easy to label insults as such — petty or misogynistic — when it is not another woman perpetrating the arguments. When it is another woman on the other side of the keyboard, however, it quickly grows complex.
Toxic study motivation reaffirms Cupertino’s classist mentality

Oct 25, 2024 | elestoque.org | Samika Bhatkar |Suhana Mahabal

We are no strangers to staying up at night, toiling away at our mountain of homework from our numerous AP classes or cramming in last-minute studying for tomorrow’s test. Occasionally, our focus may shift to social media, looking for a quick, easy break from our hours of studying. However, the messages we see on Instagram and TikTok might not mitigate our stress but rather amplify and exacerbate it.
The problem with prescription medicine

Sep 20, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal |Asha Wojciechowski

The price of prescription medicine has long been a topic of political and social debate. In 2023 alone, the U.S. spent around $722 billion dollars on prescription medicines, or over $1,000 monthly per person without insurance coverage. This poses a significant inconvenience to many Americans, especially those struggling financially. Parvaneh Sanaeinourani, a district nurse for FUHSD, says that many variables may determine the cost of a particular medicine, especially its brand and its novelty.
Whitewashed

Sep 13, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal

I am no stranger to being called “whitewashed” — it’s a term I’ve heard over and over from my family and friends, along with synonymous terms like “coconut” (brown on the outside, white on the inside) and “ABCD” (American born confused Desi).
Forgoing the forbidden fruit

May 23, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal

We need to stop romanticizing drinking and drugs and open up conversation so teenagers know how to approach it appropriately in the futureMay 23, 2024 As children, we were told not to go for the cookie jar, not to draw on the walls and not to eat dirt. Yet we did it anyway. There’s always been something alluring about being told what not to do and doing it anyway.
A summer to remember

May 23, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal

In the movies, high schoolers seem to have summers filled with picturesque trips to the beach, wild parties and skinny dipping in crystal-clear lakes. But at MVHS and other high schools across the Bay Area, it’s a very different experience: as summer draws near, the conversations begin to shift from seniors worrying over college applications in the fall to underclassmen and juniors griping about their summer plans and upcoming internship application deadlines.
Pressing matters

Apr 9, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal

Teacher and student representatives of Mountain View High School’s news publication, the Oracle, filed a lawsuit against MVHS Principal Kip Glazer and the Mountain View-Los Altos Union School District, detailing censorship issues the school publication faced from the administration revolving around an article describing student experiences with sexual harassment from other students. Filed on Feb.
The rise of tradition on TikTok

Mar 22, 2024 | elestoque.org | Suhana Mahabal

The increasingly negative role of benevolent sexism in society appears through traditional wives on social mediaMarch 22, 2024 “As a woman, your top priority should be wife and motherhood,” Estee Williams said, a self-proclaimed traditional wife (better known as tradwives) on TikTok. She is one of the faces of the tradwife movement and encourages femininity through her 1950s pinup aesthetic and traditional values. However, Williams is not alone.