Iniya Karimanal's Work

11 pieces

Opinions - February, 2025
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The harms of AI-generated activism
Iniya Karimanal
Following an Israeli strike on Gaza in May 2024, an AI-generated graphic depicting an aerial view of thousands of displaced Palestinians’ tents with the text “All Eyes on Rafah” went viral on Instagram. Celebrities such...
Opinions - October, 2024
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The true cure to loneliness
Chloe Zhao Iniya Karimanal
On February 28 of this year, Florida teenager Sewell Setzer committed suicide after months of conversing sexually with an AI chatbot resembling Danaerys Targaryan, a character from the HBO show Game of Thrones, on the...
Opinions - October, 2024
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To make clubbing more enjoyable
Chloe Zhao Iniya Karimanal
The PHS Club Fair in late September was quite a spectacle, with a bustling, friendly atmosphere and impressive turnout. Students moved from stand to stand, eagerly typing their email into sign-up sheets and taking a...
Opinions - September, 2024
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What this election means for PHS
Iniya Karimanal Aarna Dharmavarapu
The election season has a tendency to contribute to our stress. Whether it be the Instagram comment sections littered with inflammatory comments, the outspoken family members who are suddenly political pundits, or the...
Opinions - March, 2024
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Section 230: the digital “get out of jail free” card
Iniya Karimanal Chloe Zhao
For many of us, engaging with the worldwide web is something we do without a second thought. While we expect these public spaces to adhere to the law, in reality, they facilitate enormous amounts of dangerous illicit...
Opinions - February, 2024
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Anger architecture 101: a guide to positive anger
Iniya Karimanal
As high school students, our daily lives can be emotional rollercoasters due to constant academic and social pressures. Whether it’s because of frustrating school projects or friend group drama, anger is an emotion that...
Opinions - November, 2023
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Hands down — quiet people, speak up
Joy Chen Iniya Karimanal
The teacher has just asked a question and the answer that was so clear in your mind is now clouded by questions: What if it’s wrong? What if everyone laughs at me? What if I trip up my words and embarrass myself? The...
Opinions - September, 2023
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Trades v. Higher education
Iniya Karimanal
Princeton is known across the world for one thing: its prestigious university. In town, it's not uncommon to see shops adorned with Princeton memorabilia or to overhear conversations about famed professors, impossibly...
Opinions - March, 2023
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We need more books written by women on our classroom shelves
Iniya Karimanal
The first coeducational school was established in the United States over a century ago, but gender-based discrimination still continues to run rampant in high schools across the country. In fact, a 2020 survey by Plan...
Opinions - November, 2022
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PHS’ curriculums should involve climate change
Kai Wilhelm Iniya Karimanal
This month, an impressive congregation of global leaders from over one hundred countries met for the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 27) occurred earlier this month, with ideas about how to deal with...