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Akila Muthukumar Valliammai

6 Articles

Newest Season of Never Have I Ever Gets Mental Health Stigma Right

The season depicts how rigid definitions of career success and anxieties about cultural preservation are used to shame mental unwellness while making a compelling case for more individuals to invest in mental healthcare. 

Ketamine Treats the Desperately Depressed

Though ketamine was originally used as a sedative and later well-known for being a party drug, recent research heralded its use as a therapeutic for suicidality.

Do My Professors’ Politics Matter?

Sixteen percent of students replied that Harvard should be able to hire known racist or white supremacist teachers, often citing that cancel culture overuses and misuses these labels.

Life in Limbo: Pandemic Policy and Immigration Backlogs

A deluge of harmful pandemic policies has exacerbated pre-existing structural issues within employment-based visas, creating incredible legal, financial and emotional stress for immigrants and their children. 

Casteism Camouflaged as Culture

It is hard to see caste in operation if you are not trained. Beyond the obvious examples of human rights abuses or discrimination, casteism is a normalized set of practices that disguises itself as harmless at the surface level.

Ending Capital Punishment Before Another Life is Lost

Now more than ever, we must also advocate to end executions happening behind closed doors.