FEM Newsmagazine

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

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…

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…

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…

In almost all of the romantic comedies I’ve watched since childhood, the female protagonist’s friendships always took a backseat to the swoon-worthy love interest.

By having superheroes be depicted with highly unrealistic but conventionally attractive bodies, fatness is presented as antithetical to the very notion of heroism.

America is a motherfucka to Black women just as much as it is to Black men. Perhaps even more so seeing as Black women sit…

Netflix canceled “One Day at a Time” after three seasons, and that’s a problem.

Here’s a hypothetical: if you were given the task of crafting a movie centered around a myth from Latinx culture, what would you do? Would…

We can ask a new question: is “Captain Marvel” really all that intersectional?

The people of Venezuela have long awaited an opportunity to elect a leader through fair, democratic elections to the Presidency of Venezuela. On January 23,…

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro has introduced new reforms to the national education system that could have dangerous consequences for the future of the country.

It is unconstitutional and dangerous for Trump to declare a national emergency when no such one exists.

Shamila Batohi was appointed as the new head of South African National Prosecuting Authority on December 4 by President Cyril Ramaphosa. The experienced advocate, who…

It will continue to be students, teachers, psychologists, nurses, librarians, and custodians who show up for public education, within a district which is paid for…

The Court’s approval of Trump’s ban further perpetuates the hateful perception of trans people as burdens. To refuse to hear cases against the ban and…

Technology, particularly social media, has not dismantled the constraints and tyrannies of identity so much as it has replaced their raw material.

As a community, we must start to inform the general public about the implications of Israeli apartheid and standing in solidarity with Palestinian-led movements for…

The Revolution Club, a communist organization in the school of Bob Avakian, uses the tactics of protest and disruption to advance its goal of radical…

Ecofeminism is a form of white feminism, which relies too heavily on a single axis of patriarchy and fails to view environmental issues through an…

Image from Wikimedia Commons. bell hooks is a Black feminist theorist, professor, and cultural critic who has authored over 30 books, in addition to dozens…

Image by Jenny Dodge. When Nike released its controversial advertisement featuring Colin Kaepernick, the NFL player who began kneeling during national anthems to protest racial…

My feminism doesn’t blame just men. No, I’m not programmed to criticise anything that doesn’t have a vagina.

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…

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…

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…

what do you want them to feel you ask as i rip out clumped thoughts from my hairbrush it doesn’t matter i say this is…