Welcome to Cutting Takes, a publication run by young students and graduates, where we take on complex ideas across domestic politics, international affairs, culture, literature, and the arts. A sister site of the Critical Edge Podcast, our mission is to learn how to think, not what to think, in turn developing and encouraging critical thinking and nuance. As a new publication, we are placing ourselves in opposition to mainstream media. We are here to cut through the noise; to cut through the consensus.