Pilipino Unity Against the Reign of Terror

    Pilipino Unity Against the Reign of Terror

    President Rodrigo Duterte is notably regarded as one of the most infamous leaders of today regarding his offenses towards women, his drug-related extrajudicial killings, and his assaults on free speech.
    Sacramento DA’s Office Fails to Prosecute Officers in the Shooting of Unarmed Black Men

    Sacramento DA’s Office Fails to Prosecute Officers in the Shooting of Unarmed Black Men

    In a city already rapt with criminalized homelessness, gentrification and excessive surveillance, Sacramento needs to do a better job in prosecuting officers for the murder of Black people.
    Children are the Future: The Effects of the Syrian Civil War

    Children are the Future: The Effects of the Syrian Civil War

    As the conflict in Syria enters its eighth year, mental health experts make their way into the region in an attempt to assess a generation of children who have spent…
    Iranian Artist Shirin Neshat to Open Exhibition at the Broad

    Iranian Artist Shirin Neshat to Open Exhibition at the Broad

    The exhibition opening at the Broad, Shirin Neshat: I Will Greet the Sun Again, will be a chronological display of Neshat’s artistic career. It will begin with her earlier body…
    Day

    Day

    Image by Emma Lehman some days, I swing in loveI wake up and paint sunshine on my bedroom wallsI hold her hand and what I feel I can’t conveywe settle…
    An Artist’s Inspiration: When Hispanic and Rock Culture Mix

    An Artist’s Inspiration: When Hispanic and Rock Culture Mix

    I interviewed Grace, a young Chicana artist, seeking to gain an understanding on her source of inspiration for her sketches and paintings. She explains how her culture has molded her…

    Feminism 101

    • Feminism 101: What is Himpathy?

      Himpathy is a term for the cultural backlash that sympathizes with powerful men accused of sexual assault.

    • Feminism 101: What is Orientalism?

      By relegating the East to a submissive, homogenous caricature of otherness, Orientalism has served as a device for the West to preserve its role at the top of the global hierarchy, engendering imperialism and violent…

    • Feminism 101: What is the Gender Binary?

      Design by Elizabeth Gomez The strict dichotomy of male and female may seem to be the natural way of organizing gender, as this is the system that most of us grew up with. We were…

    • Feminism 101: What is Pinkwashing?

      Image by Emily Farag.  Pinkwashing is a term with multiple meanings, but most commonly refers to the deliberate appropriation of sexual liberation movements towards regressive political ends. The first use of “pinkwashing” is credited to Breast…

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Mitsuye Yamada

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Mitsuye Yamada

      Mitsuye Yamada is a Japanese American writer, educator, and activist. Her works expose the discrimination faced by Japanese Americans during and after World War II,…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Angela Davis

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Angela Davis

      Davis has since become the figurehead for the prison abolition movement, a movement that calls into question what it means to be a criminal within…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Patricia Hill Collins

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Patricia Hill Collins

      Patricia Hill Collins is an acclaimed social theorist known for her intersectional approach to the sociologies of feminism, Black liberation, and nationalism.
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Gayatri Spivak

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Gayatri Spivak

      Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak is an Indian scholar who continues to add to many academic disciplines. She is known mainly for her work in post-colonial studies,…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Simone de Beauvoir

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Simone de Beauvoir

      “One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman.” This provocative assertion from Simone de Beauvoir’s acclaimed book, “The Second Sex,” helped destroy the notion…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Adrienne Rich

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Adrienne Rich

      In her letter to the NEA chair, Rich stated: “There is no simple formula for the relationship of art to justice. But I do know…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Gloria Anzaldúa

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Gloria Anzaldúa

      Throughout her lifetime of writing, Anzaldúa consistently contributed to theories countering social oppression, spanning topics that encompassed her intersectional identities. She let her spirituality and…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Assata Shakur

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Assata Shakur

      A teacher, healer, freedom fighter, and aunt to hip hop legend Tupac, Assata Shakur has organized against the prison-industrial complex, police brutality, discriminatory education, poverty,…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

      Adichie, a Nigerian novelist, is one of the latest women to join the lineage of iconic feminist writers like Maya Angelou, Adrienne Rich and Toni…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Judith Butler

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Judith Butler

      In her 1988 essay “Performative Acts and Gender Constitution,” Judith Butler—philosopher, gender theorist, and professor at UC Berkeley—proposed the theory that gender is behavior, rather…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Kimberlé Crenshaw

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Kimberlé Crenshaw

      Crenshaw’s great theoretical contribution, that of intersectionality, is a call to action at every moment. In light of the Trump regime’s past few weeks in…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Susan McClary

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Susan McClary

      Susan McClary is one of the most important musicologists responsible for introducing feminist critique to musicology. Her work, though controversial, was some of the first…
      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Cynthia Enloe

      Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Cynthia Enloe

      Cynthia Enloe’s book was and is part of the movement to open political spaces to women, deconstructing the exclusionary structure of international relations. This remains…

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      Campus Life

        Featured UCLA Feminist: Jordan Holman

        Featured UCLA Feminist: Jordan Holman

        “There is no perfect feminist, just being aware that one’s self is not perfect is a good place to start,”…
        Featured UCLA Feminist: Karina Damian

        Featured UCLA Feminist: Karina Damian

        First-year Karina Damian credits feminist ideologies for her ambition to deviate from her culture’s traditional expectations for a woman, and…
        Featured UCLA Feminist: Ashley Denktas

        Featured UCLA Feminist: Ashley Denktas

        As a woman leading in esports organizations on campus, Ashley Denktas sees a place for feminism in gaming.
        Featured UCLA Feminist: Saloni Kothari

        Featured UCLA Feminist: Saloni Kothari

        To Saloni, feminism is not about empowerment, because women are already powerful. Rather, it is about changing how people perceive…
        Featured UCLA Feminist: Erika L. Ganier

        Featured UCLA Feminist: Erika L. Ganier

        “I believe you can speak your reality into existence,” Erika had smiled at me as we walked to my apartment,…
        Featured UCLA Feminist: Julia Anderson

        Featured UCLA Feminist: Julia Anderson

        “Although change is slow, it’s also inevitable.”

        Politics

        Dialogue and Opinion

        Arts and Creative

        • Honoring the Legacy of Lesbian Blues Singers

          The work and life stories left behind by lesbian singers Gladys Bentley, Gertrude “Ma” Rainey, and Lucille Bogan allow contemporary listeners a glimpse into this…

        • Event Review: For Her

          Image by Lauren Frank Five pots in various earthy tones are placed in a formation on the stage: blue, brown, green, red, and orange. One…

        • Adrian Piper at the Hammer: Constructing Her Own Story

          Though I did not know much about Piper upon entering the exhibit, it was abundantly clear from the outset that she is a highly skilled,…

        • DESMA’s Breaking the Rules Exhibit

          Image by DESMA Breaking the Rules challenged mainstream contemporary art as demonstrated by UCLA’s undergraduate student artists. The interactive exhibit, which appeared from January 17…

        • A Shame of Being Ashamed

          i was once called wanton for wearing red high heels and for the rest of the day, i limped more than walked— my head heavy…

        • The Ocean’s Lament

          Image by Jenny Dodge Let us return to the beginning, O Great Ocean You have endured as much suffering As a mother whose wayward offspring…

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