By: Harrison Neville In the tense political climate that we are currently living in, there are some words that you know are guaranteed to generate a response. The list is long and the responses vary depending…
From outside the box
By Rose Davis It’s a problem I have at least twice a week. I look left, right, left again. One door has an image of a human form with a dress. The other is the…
Changing names: The erasure of married women
By Hannah Irvin When I told my first boyfriend that I didn’t want to change my last name if we got married, he became upset. He believed that a woman taking her husband’s last name…
Letter from the editor: A thank you to…
By Harrison Neville Dear readers, One of the first stories I ever wrote for The Alabamian was when I covered Montevallo’s Tinglewood festival back in the fall of 2018. I can still remember how nervous I was, as…
Texas abortion restrictions devalue life
By Ariel Hall A few weeks ago, when I saw that the most restrictive abortion law was passed in Texas, my heart stopped. This law bans abortion as soon as “cardiac activity is detectable,” which is about…
An Extension Cord Between Me and Montevallo
By Rose Davis Being in physical classes again this semester is, in a word, weird. The past year the university was shrunk into my room, my computer and my bed. The physical books were replaced by…
Letter from the editor: The Alabamian is not…
By Harrison Neville One of the hardest parts of being a writer for The Alabamian is not knowing how your work is being received. It can be easy, when we aren’t hearing feedback from anyone outside of…
COVID-19 and evictions: The U.S. housing crisis
By Xander Swain There is a general consensus in the world that the three basic necessities of life are food, shelter and clothing. Without those three requirements, quality of life of an individual is expected…