michelle

cmu 23’ // sport management

[The Unraveled Tour ❀ @UnraveledTours]

I can’t believe she performed can’t catch me now…………….. and I wasn’t there.

[Mario Nawfal @MarioNawfal]

GEN Z’S GLOBAL RIOT MODE: ACTIVATED

Gen Z is staring down a future where robots take their jobs, rent eats half their paycheck, and the lives their parents had look like a fantasy from another dimension.

So they're burning it all down. Metaphorically in most places. Literally in Nepal and a few other hotspots.

This isn't your standard college protest phase. Young people have toppled governments in Nepal, Madagascar, and Bulgaria this year.

They're rattling administrations from Indonesia to Peru to Serbia.

And they're doing it with a coordination that would make previous generations jealous, organizing on Discord while drawing inspiration from video games and anime.

The Carnegie Protest Tracker logged 53 demonstrations of 10,000-plus people across 33 countries in 2025, the highest since they started counting in 2017.

Bloomberg Economics crunched 22 million data points and found the pattern: high social media penetration plus young populations plus rising inequality equals governments in serious trouble.

What's driving this? Start with the basics.

1 in 4 young people worldwide is neither employed nor in education.

The jobs that do exist increasingly cluster in low-productivity service roles that barely cover rent, let alone build a future.

Then add AI disruption threatening to automate away the entry-level positions that used to be stepping stones to decent careers.

24-year-old Nelly Razafimamonjy in Madagascar captured the generational divide perfectly:

"At my age, my father already had a fixed public service job, while I keep going from one temporary contract to the next. I have no security, no social benefits."

The symbols these protesters choose tell you everything.

In Nepal, a 20-year-old student held up a poster of Master Chief from Halo, the character who refuses to obey orders he knows are wrong.

Across multiple countries, demonstrators adopted the Jolly Roger pirate flag from the manga series One Piece.

They're not just mad. They're declaring themselves outlaws in a system they see as fundamentally broken.

And they're winning.

Nepal's protesters didn't just complain, they stormed parliament, burned down government buildings and the 5-star Hilton, and forced the prime minister to resign.

The army invited protest leaders to help choose the next leader. They held a straw poll on Discord.

Even Nobel Prize-winning economist Daron Acemoglu sees the stakes:

"Democracy seems to be in some sort of crisis around the world. Younger people are the spearhead of that crisis."

The establishment response has been predictable hand-wringing about sustainability and realism.

But when you're 23 and can't afford to move out of your parents' house while watching corrupt officials live like kings, radical starts sounding pretty reasonable.

Source: Bloomberg

[birb @birb_b7]

Relatable 😭

[˖ ࣪⟡𝕭𝖑𝖆𝖟𝖎𝖓𝖌𝖔𝖙𝖍⟡ ࣪˖ @Blazingothx]

when i dont text back it’s bc i’m busy. when you dont text back it’s bc you hate me & want me to die

[RINA. @LAVIDAPRADA]

every day that i wake up and i’m not dua lipa the fairy inside me dies a little bit

[Baddie TEA @bgctea2020]

Finally someone is being real

[halli ⸆⸉ 𓆙❤️‍🔥 @inthevault_]

Greatest country in the world?? Why is every woman I know crying on the way to work today???

[NFL @NFL]

THE NFL SEASON IS UNDERWAY.

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[Pocket @islandthembo]

me in Fortnite

[whitney @its_whitney]

just had a generational sports watching day

[Kamala Harris @KamalaHarris]

I’m Kamala Harris, and I’m running for President of the United States.

[Pop Crave @PopCrave]

9 years ago today, the Supreme Court announced its decision in Obergefell v. Hodges, which finally legalized same-sex marriage in the United States.

[CM Life @CMLIFE]

LGBTQ athletes, coaches and support staff across the United States are working to make sports an inclusive environment. Three LGBTQ women in sports at CMU share their stories about authenticity within themselves.
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✍🏼 Hadlee Peters 📸 Nico Mendoza
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https://t.co/VND2RJPCqW

[the tortured poets department lyrics bot @ttpdbot]

cause fuck it, i was in love, so fuck you if i can’t have us

[michelle @StaffenMichelle]

#TheBachelor

[michelle @StaffenMichelle]

@JetsPizza @katiestaffen

[Taylor Swift @taylorswift13]

All’s fair in love and poetry... New album THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT. Out April 19 🤍

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📷: Beth Garrabrant

[CM Life @CMLIFE]

Two and a half years ago, I never thought I would be the Sports Editor. But here I am adding on to one of the first pieces I have written, for it be my last. I owe everything to this organization. Thank you, CM-Life.

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