Let’s not tiptoe around this: Butts are in. We are living in what can only be described as a rear-end renaissance. Call it The Great Gluteus Awakening. The Century of the Rump. The Cheekening.

I’m starting my third year writing this column as a Gazette Editorial Fellow. At first, I thought it would be hard to come up with ideas week after week. I have learned that just the opposite is true.