from the desk of Hampton Stall, a Davidson senior.

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Why I Changed My Profile Picture

KONY 2012, End Slavery Now,countless breast cancer awareness campaigns.

They've all had facebook-based social cyberactivism as a primary proponent to their cause.

I've been a critic to this sort of cyberactivism, because it seems to me that it never accomplishes much beyond fulfilling our desire to be ahead of the latest fad. While I generally support the causes these campaigns have been lead for, the method is one I typically don't agree with.

And so, while I believe in marriage equality so passionately, I was set on not setting my profile picture to the now-ubiquitous red equality sign.


It was just too cliche. Everyone was setting it for this two-day Supreme Court case, and then would carry on with their lives as soon as the case was over, no matter the outcome. 

My mind was finally changed when I saw a few responses to this campaign.

Sunday, March 3, 2013

So this is twenty

Yesterday, I turned 20 years old.

(Thank you to everyone who wished me a happy birthday. I'm trying to get through all of the posts on facebook, and if I haven't thanked you yet, I promise I'm getting there!)

While birthdays don't mark major changes in a person's chemistry or personality or really anything at all beyond what number that person answers questions about age with. This birthday, I feel, may be bigger than that.