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The BR Blog is made up of submissions from across the nation. From poetry and reflection, to mental health and research, it is all published here.
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A Goodbye From Your Executive Director
by Yukiho Semimoto This article has non-graphic mentions of sexual harassment and trauma. This is a little rant of my thoughts I wrote...
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The Importance of Representation
by Arya Mirza After seeing no gender minorities in TOC quarterfinals for the second year in a row, I feel compelled to write about...
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Rounds or Reality
by Daisy Qiu From my experience as a debater over the past few years, I’ve noticed some harmful tendencies in which we as debaters bring...
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Letters to Our Unfinished Season
Madeleine Jackson For: A shortened season. I’m not ashamed to say that I’ve felt a massive amount of pain recently because our season was...
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Imposter Syndrome
Consciously, in my head, I know that I am good. I am working hard, and I am doing well. I know that I deserve to be doing well. I know...
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A Little Farther to Go
by Evy Cutshall When I found debate, I felt like I finally belonged somewhere. Every tournament I competed in I absolutely adored; I came...
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You're My Favorite
TW: mentioned Eating Disorder I grew up in a family that closely tied personal value and worth to success, even if this was not always...
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Oh How Far She'll Go
TW: This article is about sexual assault. I have a secret. I’ll admit, I’m not the best at keeping secrets (obviously), but this one in...
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The Gray Zone
by Grace Homan Throughout my debate experience thus far, I have had eight different partners, some identifying as male and some...
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Eight Things I Learned From Debate
An Anonymous blogpost: Mental health is a constantly agonizing battle and I’ve struggled through worse ends of it then I would like to...
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A Letter to Debate From the Black Community
by Rhyen Hunt Dear Debate, It seems as though you do not understand the experience members of the Black community have in your...
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Murphy's Law
by Trisha Motupalli The most common interpretation of Murphy’s Law is that everything that can go wrong, will go wrong. My year has,...
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An Ode to Public Forum
by Francis Moore As I am submitting this blog post, I am also acutely aware of the many articles, comments, and voiced concerns about the...
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Barriers to Gaining Male Allies in PF
by Dana Silvian If you asked any guy on my team, they’d tell you they were a feminist. And I think it’s true that they want to make...
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A Letter To Our Guy Friends
[Disclaimer: This is not written about the most toxic percentage that make up the debate community, in fact, it’s probably most relevant...
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Where Are All The POC?
by Rhyen Hunt High school debate since its inception was meant to emulate American politics. Unfortunately, in an attempt to emulate to...
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A Less-Than-Nice Note on Content Warnings
by Cole Flaherty CW: Anxiety, panic attacks, sexual assault, child porn. There are some issues that some of us just cannot bear to hear...
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2 More Cents on Content Warnings
by Yukiho Semimoto This post will include discussion of trauma, and brief mentions of sensitive topics including sexual assault, gun...
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For the Love of Debate
by Kacey Lee This is our first blogpost for our Mental Health Initiative. I know I sound like everyone and their dog when I say that...
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Inclusively Evaluating Arguments About Inclusivity
by Cara Day This weekend was one that has brought a lot of attention to newer, more progressive-style arguments being read in Public...
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