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…

“America’s Next Top Model" might make me momentarily forget about my misfortunes, but [it] is cheap, it is exploitation, it is the dumpster fire that…

To many, the name “Fanny Brice” may sound only vaguely reminiscent of a niche TV show reference from the 2010s, but for others the name…

It's a gang movie that refuses to shame its characters for their involvement in gang culture and instead shows gang life as a means of…

Before, I couldn't ever imagine that I would be at the level of my position. I thought it would take a lot longer to reach…

It took six years and a limited series for Marvel Studios to finally christen Wanda with her comic book codename ‘The Scarlet Witch,’ but “Multiverse…

Jesymn Ward’s memoir “Men We Reaped,” published in 2013, documents the harrowing journeys of Black families that have lived in Delisle, Mississippi for generations. Ward…

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…

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…

Picture the average pilates-goer: she’s clad in Lululemon and deeply concerned with her gut microbiome, she eats enough vitamin supplements to cure a horse of…

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…

the language eroded in my mouth/and i swallowed dust.