Dialogue and Opinion
A Love Letter to the Freshman 15
December 5, 2024
A Love Letter to the Freshman 15
"For young women and femme-presenting people who begin to gain weight in college, the stigma surrounding fatness can significantly impact…
From Joke to Judgment: Why Saying You’ll Drop Out to Strip Isn’t Funny
November 25, 2024
From Joke to Judgment: Why Saying You’ll Drop Out to Strip Isn’t Funny
"Even if these offhand comments are made with pure intentions, they reinforce the negative stigma around sex work and harm…
Your White Boy of the Month Is Perpetuating Racism
March 15, 2024
Your White Boy of the Month Is Perpetuating Racism
The “white boy of the month:” a rotating selection of conventionally attractive and “ugly hot” white celebrities who are thrust…
The Problem With “Women in STEM”
March 5, 2024
The Problem With “Women in STEM”
As it stands, the Women in STEM movement has perpetuated harmful social expectations for women by shaming them for pursuing…
Pick-Me Girls: Feminism’s Phony Villains
February 29, 2024
Pick-Me Girls: Feminism’s Phony Villains
Since its inception, the term has been flattened and defanged, turned into nothing but a new kind of misogyny with…
Space Lasers and the Death of Imagination
June 7, 2023
Space Lasers and the Death of Imagination
Science fiction can be creative, exploratory, and deeply revealing about the nature and problems of society today, all within the…
Disability is Not a Metaphor
May 15, 2023
Disability is Not a Metaphor
Disabled people and their experiences are not metaphors. Still, we often co-opt disability terminology and utilize casually ableist language for…
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Denise Oliver-Velez
February 9, 2023
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Denise Oliver-Velez
Born in Brooklyn in 1947, Denise Oliver-Velez is famously known for being a member of the Young Lords, a rebellious…
The Aesthetic of Health
February 3, 2023
The Aesthetic of Health
Picture the average pilates-goer: she’s clad in Lululemon and deeply concerned with her gut microbiome, she eats enough vitamin supplements…