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Jul 29, 2022

Romance made me love the women’s Euros

How my girlfriend’s love for a famous couple got me to watch women’s football — In the midst of all the attention and excitement around the incredible performance of England in the women’s Euros tournament, it may be a bit odd to encounter an English female football fan who was somehow *not* supporting the Lionesses in their 4–0 win against Sweden on Tuesday. My girlfriend…

Euros

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Romance made me love the women’s Euros
Romance made me love the women’s Euros
Euros

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Oct 10, 2020

Explaining Brexit to Americans Part II

In a Very Specific and Limited Way — The last time I wrote about Brexit was a little over a year ago — Boris Johnson had just become Prime Minister, ash was not blocking out the sun in the Pacific Northwest, and very few people had ever heard of the word “coronavirus”. Simpler times. But, just in time…

Brexit

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Explaining Brexit to Americans Part II
Explaining Brexit to Americans Part II
Brexit

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Jul 16, 2020

Harry Potter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights: The Rights Pod

For the second episode of The Rights Pod, I sat down with human rights student Shikha Srinivas to discuss Harry Potter and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.We’ll be tackling some of your tough questions about the wizarding world — does the prison of Azkaban meet human rights standards? Does the use of dementors constitute state-sponsored torture? Is the Daily Prophet and the Ministry of Magic **really** committed to free speech? And, in light of JK Rowling’s anti-trans statements, can we separate art from the artist?For answers to these magical questions, subscribe to the Rights Pod wherever you get your podcasts.

Harry Potter

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Harry Potter

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Jun 23, 2020

10 Things You Should Do After Graduating Stanford

Well, it was definitely a strange year to be graduating Stanford . . . but the Class of 2020 did it! Once you’re done celebrating with quarantinis, here are ten things you should do (and advice I wish I’d had) after graduation. Set up auto forwarding and a vacation responder…

Stanford

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10 Things You Should Do After Graduating Stanford
10 Things You Should Do After Graduating Stanford
Stanford

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Sep 19, 2019

Humanity’s Last Stand?

With the latest worldwide Climate Strike set for tomorrow, Alina Utrata offers some personal observations. I don’t know much about the climate crisis. I don’t, actually. But I know some facts. I know about the burning of the Amazon, the world’s biggest carbon sink. Farmers in Brazil, clearing land for…

Activism

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Humanity’s Last Stand?
Humanity’s Last Stand?
Activism

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Sep 9, 2019

An Optimist’s Guide to Finding Meaning at Stanford

How to Find Purpose and Direction On Your Way Through — By Ibrahim Bharmal and Alina Utrata NY Magazine recently published the article “A cynic’s guide to killing it at Stanford: How to Network Your Way Through Stanford University.” …

Education

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An Optimist’s Guide to Finding Meaning at Stanford
An Optimist’s Guide to Finding Meaning at Stanford
Education

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Aug 11, 2019

The political week in 5 points

IPCC issues report on climate catastrophe (it’s still a catastrophe): eat less meat and dairy now, or lose all the foods later For some reason, recommending that we stop eating meat (or even just eat less meat) makes some people go bananas. Remember when Greggs came out with a vegan sausage roll, and Piers Morgan had an absolute meltdown? They weren’t even forcing him to eat the (non-bloody) thing!

Alina Utrata

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The political week in 5 points
The political week in 5 points
Alina Utrata

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Aug 4, 2019

The political week in 5 points

The earth’s climate continues to meltdown In case you were wondering, the earth — and life on it — is still facing a catastrophe. This July was the hottest month in recorded history and Arctic sea-ice coverage reached a near record low. The recent European heatwave saw average temperatures between 1.5°C and 3°C higher because of…

Alina Utrata

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The political week in 5 points
The political week in 5 points
Alina Utrata

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Jul 28, 2019

The political week in 5 points

Well, Northern Ireland, did you miss me?! Yours truly is back for the Political Week in 5 Points, this time from the West Coast of the United States. I’d say “sunny California,” but it sounds like most of Europe had it hotter than we did. Let’s get to it. Heatwave terrifying example of how the planet is literally burning, politicians continue to do nothing about climate change Europe…

Alina Utrata

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The political week in 5 points
The political week in 5 points
Alina Utrata

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Jul 27, 2019

What Just Happened? Brexit

In Which I Try to Explain to Americans the Madness that is Brexit — UPDATE: Read Explaining Brexit to Americans Part II Since my return from the UK, many confused Americans have asked me about Brexit. What is it? What’s going to happen? Is it really that bad? And why, oh why, is Boris Johnson like this? I may only be able to answer…

Brexit

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What Just Happened? Brexit
What Just Happened? Brexit
Brexit

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Alina Utrata

Alina Utrata

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PhD’ing in Politics and International Studies at Cambridge via Queen's University Belfast via Stanford. www.alinautrata.com

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