The Tailgate Society

What happens out in the lots, stays out in the lots.

Tag: Social Issues

  • Saying Goodbye to OITNB

    Saying Goodbye to OITNB

    A bittersweet farewell to Orange is the New Black from The Tailgate Society.

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  • 13 Reasons Why… Is this so popular?

    13 Reasons Why… Is this so popular?

    When I was a teenager, I read a book called 13 Reasons Why. It made my heart ache and I sobbed through most of it because it told one of the most tragic stories imaginable through the eyes of a victim who could no longer speak for herself.

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  • Too Long; Didn’t Watch- The Rachel Divide

    Too Long; Didn’t Watch- The Rachel Divide

    It seems like every week brings a new must-watch documentary. As much as we want to stay updated and able to participate in the latest water cooler fodder, there’s only so many hours in a day. Too Long; Didn’t Watch will be bringing you summaries and reviews of the biggest documentaries so you can be […]

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  • The importance of being uncomfortable

    The importance of being uncomfortable

    Earlier this month, I participated in A Day Without a Woman—a peaceful demonstration designed to highlight the value of women in society and the workplace.

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  • What’s the Deal with Israel?

    What’s the Deal with Israel?

    If you follow the news, one of the topics that has come up quite a bit recently has been (among other things) the state of Israel.

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  • Learning from past mistakes: WW2 US Internment Camps

    Learning from past mistakes: WW2 US Internment Camps

    Refusing to learn from our history is a ridiculous trait that the United States has carried for generations. Let’s stop that.

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  • Trump, Immigration, and the Courts

    Trump, Immigration, and the Courts

    President Trump’s executive order restricting immigration into the United States has spurred nationwide protests.

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  • America The WTF

    America The WTF

    There are many things I do not know. The details of many professions escape me. I cannot perform surgery. You wouldn’t want me representing you in court or congress or in a sales negotiation. I would not strap on the back of a bucking bull or attempt to drive semi-truck. I don’t know anything about […]

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  • Giving helped me cope with being broke at Christmas

    Giving helped me cope with being broke at Christmas

    Technically, we’re not poor – we’re broke. My husband and I bring in several times the federal poverty rate. Most days, we have everything we need to live. But because my husband was forced to take a massive pay cut this year while we spend nearly a third of our income paying off student loans, we […]

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  • Enough with the generational divide

    Enough with the generational divide

    There are plenty of articles and feelings about the generational divide among Millennials (people who reached young adulthood around the year 2000) and Baby Boomers (People born years shortly following World War II). For whatever reason there is a lingering dislike among these two groups of people. Most noticeably in the work place. I’m here […]

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