C2M Opinion Columnist Alexis Lahr
OPINION: "The Diary of Anne Frank" is not inappropriate, but rather realistic and relatable
|Anne Frank seems to be making a lot of headlines recently, but for all the wrong reasons. Initially, her name popped up in the press when Justin Bieber visited the Anne Frank home in Amsterdam and left a message in the guestbook, stating that he “hoped she would have been a belieber." As soon as the backlash from Bieber’s egotistical moment died down, a mother from Northville, Michigan filed a formal complaint with her child’s school system for including “The Diary of Anne Frank” in the syllabus, citing it as “pornographic.”
OPINION: Power and femininity are not mutually exclusive
|During my senior year of high school, I was required to write a research paper on the topic of my choice. I chose a subject regarding the expression of feminism in America. I focused on situations in which women took over a more masculine role than was traditional, such as in the popular musical “Chicago,” where the women murder their significant others. As I reflect on that paper, I realize that I do not agree with my previous viewpoint on what constituted feminism. Being a feminist is not synonymous with acting like a man.