Avantika Krishna

Bio

Avantika, a graduating Trinity University, is Studying Political Science and Human Communication. A feminist, a human rights activist, and an advocate for youth activism in politics and social issues, Avantika contributes her time to various initiatives around her community and university. Follow her on Twitter @itsavantika and reach out to her for any opportunities (or really anything else!).
4 Absurd Statistics About College ... and 1 Thing You Probably Already Knew
By Avantika Krishna
To further add to the anxiety facing many parents and high school seniors around the United States as they decide which college or post-graduate option to pursue, I compiled a short list. Using information from a recent CBS poll, I put together some…
9 Reasons Unpaid Internships Are Worth It
By Avantika Krishna
With internships rising a whopping 350% in the past four years, the debate often focuses on whether or not unpaid internships are worth all the trouble they cause. Here are nine reasons why it is worth it to take that unpaid position. 1) Experience…
10 Best Anderson Cooper Tweets of All Time: 10 of the 14,000 Reasons Why We Love Him
By Avantika Krishna
Anderson Cooper recently received a lot of media attention for some snarky tweets he posted a few days ago during his assignment in Gaza. In the Twittersphere, Cooper is well known for his sarcastic and snide tweet exchanges, with well over 3.3…
Black Friday 2012: The Origins of Black Friday, And How It Went From a Negative Thing to a Positive One
By Avantika Krishna
Breaking from tradition in year’s past, Black Friday sales opened across the nation in select stores starting at 8:00 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day. Wal-Mart, Target, Macy’s, Best Buy and others opened their doors earlier than usual drawing in swarms of…
Latest Presidential Polls: Obama Will Win Because of Intrade Predictions and the First Lady Bake Off
By Avantika Krishna
With Election Day panic setting in, we are all collectively waiting for the results with bated breath. Since we are all super nervous, paranoid, and on edge (maybe that’s just me), here are some fun election predictors to take your mind off the…
Latest Presidential Polls: Obama Will Win Because Alabama Football Defeated LSU, and Here is Why
By Avantika Krishna
With the election two days away, everyone is dying to know who is going to win and to put the election behind us. With the election in a statistical dead-heat, no one really knows how the results are going to turn out on election day. That said,…
What It Means To Be American: Further Reflections on 9/11 and American Values
By Avantika Krishna
It is difficult to believe that the September 11 attacks happened well over a decade ago. I still remember asking my dad about what happened in New York City, Washington D.C., and Pennsylvania on that fateful day as he picked me up from my…
Freshman Year Survival Guide: 15 Tips for Your First Year of College
By Avantika Krishna
Freshman year can be one of the most confusing and exciting times of your life. All of a sudden, you are completely surrounded by members of the opposite sex, have almost total freedom, and your only responsibility is to make good grades. There are…
Why Chick Fil A Supporters Deserve a Voice, Too
By Avantika Krishna
Chick-fil-A’s anti-LGBT stance has everyone going crazy. Everyone has an opinion; everyone has a battle to pick; everyone has a side he or she supports. Personally, I have boycotted Chick-fil-A for the past two years because of their anti-LGBT…
Marissa Mayer Yahoo: Only 4% of Fortune 500 CEOs Are Women
By Avantika Krishna
Currently, the internet is abuzz with news that Marissa Mayer is the new CEO and president of Yahoo, a company in a field where very few women dominate. A well-known woman with an impeccable reputation in Silicon Valley and among professionals,…
Title IX Turns 40: Advances in Gender Equality Still Need to be Made
By Avantika Krishna
Forty years ago, Richard Nixon signed Title IX into law. This significant title – only 37 words long – was part of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX, states:  No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from…
Anne-Marie Slaughter is Right: Women Still Cannot Have it All
By Avantika Krishna
Reading Princeton Political Science Professor Anne-Marie Slaughter’s recent article, Why Women Still Can’t Have it All, in the Atlantic was painful and depressing, not because it was woefully long but because it addressed the ugly truths of our…
Women in Politics: America Needs Female Moderators at the 2012 Presidential Debates
By Avantika Krishna
Recently, the names of many prominent female journalists have been thrown around as potential moderators for the upcoming presidential debates hosted by the Commission on Presidential Debates.  A recent Change.org petition brought attention to the…
Paralyzed by Choice: Why the Facebook Generation Can't Make Up Its Mind
By Avantika Krishna
The problem with our generation is that we have trouble making decisions. The explosion of the web, the endless growth of new technologies available at our fingertips, and the continual bombardment of social media provide a unique dilemma for our…
Invisible Children Uses Kony 2012 Part II to Fix Mistakes of First Video
By Avantika Krishna
The KONY 2012: Beyond Famous video provides a comprehensive, clear explanation of what’s been happening in Central Africa, Invisible Children’s stance on what should be done, what Invisible Children has been doing so far, and what Invisible Children…
Bill Maher Says Stop Apologizing and Keep Offending: Why Political Correctness Matters
By Avantika Krishna
Bill Maher, in his recent op-ed for the New York Times, make’s a really good point: As a society, we spend too much time focusing on criticizing people for their comments instead of learning how to co-exist with people we disagree with. His critique…
In Defense of Kony 2012 and the Work of Invisible Children
By Avantika Krishna
In light of the new response video by Ben Keesey, CEO of Invisible Children, I want to explain why the organization is an effective, credible and transparent charity organization. In the video Keesey explains many of the criticisms that have been…
Kony 2012 is No Scam: Understand the Facts Before You Criticize Invisible Children
By Avantika Krishna
With good reason and mostly good intentions, critics of the viral “KONY 2012” activism movie produced by Invisible Children have complained a lot about the organization’s supposedly “shady” finances. I have worked with the organization for the past…
Snooki Pregnancy Underlines Millennial Trend of Unwed Births
By Avantika Krishna
In the past few days Jersey Shore’s Snooki has faced a lot of rumors about her potential pregnancy with boyfriend Jionni LaValle. Many have already raised concern about Snooki’s desire to bankroll her name to become the next Kourtney Kardashian,…
Rihanna's "Birthday Cake" Remix with Chris Brown Trivializes the Issue of Domestic Abuse
By Avantika Krishna
Rihanna’s “Birthday Cake Remix” collaboration with Chris Brown serves as a slap to her fans everywhere because of the sexually-charged nature of the song and the wrong message it sends out to her fans. Rihanna’s remix with her past abuser…