FEM Newsmagazine

In 1851, Sojourner Truth asked, “Ain’t I a woman?” Ever since race was conceptualized, Black women have wondered what makes them different from other women. Why is Black womanhood discredited? Why do Black women have…

While large corporations label themselves as “green,” people, communities, and ecosystems are suffering.

Heteronormative society ingrains the prejudice or dislike of people who are ‘different.’ Due to gender roles within heteronormativity, it is ‘natural’ to assume that if someone does not fit in one category, they must be…

Within the world of social media, the scrutiny we place on individuals' choices alienates people who aren’t able to be vegan, zero-waste, or adopt other inaccessible lifestyle changes. The people who are able to participate…

“Priscilla” and “Spencer” are fixed on either side of a mirror. These films are more than the perfect double feature— they manage to depict women…

This movie is more than a gay reclamation of the genre and tropes that excluded it for decades, it’s an emblem of the uninhibited joy…

This new wave of “girl music” reimagines “feminine rage” as a slow burn of emotion. It features introspective emotive songs with haunting atmospheric soundscapes to…

It is common nowadays for one’s security in their romantic relationships – whether currently developing or already established – to be degraded through social media.…

Afrofuturism is a genre that combines ideas of space, technology, science fiction, and Blackness. Through the themes of technology and space, Afrofuturist art, literature, and…

With four incredible seasons of tears, trifles, and traumas coming to an end, there is much to unpack, but what I’ve spent much of the…

AR-15s are not a rational threat to a government with F-35s, aircraft carriers, and a multi-trillion-dollar nuclear arsenal. They are a threat to a classroom…

As 10 million Europeans sat in front of their televisions on Saturday night, May 15th, a screen of blue and yellow lit up their rooms.…

Through the creative derivation of and active adaptation to censorship, feminist netizens in China generate enormous power which attests to their resilience and determination.

From the “Don’t Say Gay Bill” to the “Save Women’s Sports Act,” 2022 has seen an overwhelming increase in state legislation filed to promote anti-LGBTQ+…

Mejia reveals a unique talent for bridging the gap between big data and normal people, based on his firm belief that the people, empowered with…

“Your generation has the most to benefit from a city watchdog, especially when it comes to issues like the environment. We’re endorsed by so many…

As it stands, the Women in STEM movement has perpetuated harmful social expectations for women by shaming them for pursuing creative careers and constraining them…

Since its inception, the term has been flattened and defanged, turned into nothing but a new kind of misogyny with the kind of frightening speed…

Science fiction can be creative, exploratory, and deeply revealing about the nature and problems of society today, all within the vehicle of a fiction story…

Disabled people and their experiences are not metaphors. Still, we often co-opt disability terminology and utilize casually ableist language for other purposes.

Why can’t we escape Colleen Hoover’s chokehold?

Born in Brooklyn in 1947, Denise Oliver-Velez is famously known for being a member of the Young Lords, a rebellious revolutionary civil rights organization mainly…

"I can still hear her faint cries. Will she be okay?"

You never told me how hard it would be, Barbie, to stop…

Attempts to unfasten her mouth expose remains of her flesh, bound together.

let the rope on my neck be this current's tether strung through…

"somewhere, in the encumbered air before me is a pair of eyes…

We are all borne of each other from the pulsating womb that…