I wanted to show my support for Ms. Rachel Perkins’ opinion pieces. Our region of the United States is well known for its “traditionalist” viewpoints, and writers such as Rachel help progress the town’s mindset toward equality and understanding.
I couldn’t disagree more with the more recent opinion article entitled “Reader finds sex column too much.” The sex-talk piece wasn’t plastered to the front page with a lewd picture. It was contained in the opinion section and did just what it was written to do: it made people think.
Our society focuses so much on controlling body images and bashing any self-respect that sex and bodily knowledge is frowned upon. This column is empowering and progressive. I highly doubt that any state, besides those in the deep South, would leaf through the MSU paper and recoil with horror to see an opinion article written about sex.
Ms. Perkins is representing the forward-thinking mindset of the campus. So, thank you. Please keep up the amazing work!