Beta Blasting and Biceps: Women in Climbing
Women climbers quickly learn how to navigate sexism in the climbing gym in order to create a space that feels like their own.
An Honest Note on Anti-Semitism After Pittsburgh
I am heartened by the support that the Jewish community is receiving from other marginalized groups who are standing in solidarity without disclaimers. But I can’t shake the feeling that it takes a spectacle of tragic, public violence to lift anti-Semitism to anything more than an afterthought in the realm of social justice.
What I Learned from Sex Work
Contrary to what many people believe, sex work is a legitimate career.
Feminism 101: What is Modernity?
What began as a belief in individualism and reason led to the creation of a far-reaching and global system of neoliberalism, and there is no telling where we will next “progress.”
Feminism 101: What is Intergenerational Trauma?
Intergenerational trauma refers to the transmission of trauma from survivors to subsequent generations.
The Isolating Conditions of Work
The alienation that we experience as students isn’t just a “personal issue”; it’s a consequence of our overbearing social structures.
What It Means to Be a Female Dog
“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” If George Orwell replaced the word “people” with “women,” he may very well have been anticipating the predicament surrounding the word “bitch” today.
Syria and the Left: The Pitfalls of Anti-Imperialism
What we need are more humbled, self-reflective anti-imperialisms. What we cannot forget is that, as members of imperial nations, we are so intricately complicit in projects of “Othering.”
Portrait of the American Gun Owner
Like all social justice movements that reach the mainstream, gun control rhetoric faces the danger of echoing the very oppressive ideologies it seeks to challenge.
The Commodification of Makeup
On one hand, makeup is one of the few art forms historically dominated by women, and I do appreciate its versatility and personal variety. But at its core, makeup constitutes an enormous industry fueled by patriarchal manipulation and capitalistic greed.