Dialogue and Opinion
We’ve Got to Stop Making Fun of Sorority Girls
September 28, 2017
We’ve Got to Stop Making Fun of Sorority Girls
It’s as if, after centuries of feminist progress, we still can’t conceptualize a woman who can both blow glitter into…
Feminism 101: What Is A SWERF?
July 15, 2017
Feminism 101: What Is A SWERF?
The argument behind SWERF ideology tends to be that sex workers become the victims of sexual objectification, exploitation, and violence;…
Alternative Means of Empowerment and Therapy: Cuddling and Domination
June 8, 2017
Alternative Means of Empowerment and Therapy: Cuddling and Domination
Tate, a professional cuddler and dominatrix, helps navigate through the world of highly misrepresented and societally stigmatized forms of arts…
The Silent Violence Against Menstruating Bodies
May 31, 2017
The Silent Violence Against Menstruating Bodies
Everyone knows about the natural processes menstruating bodies are cycling through, but expect “it” to remain invisible (especially cisgender men)…
Feminism 101: What is Islamophobia?
May 31, 2017
Feminism 101: What is Islamophobia?
These attitudes, along with inflammatory rhetoric, often lead to violence, apathy and scapegoating on the part of Western populations. This…
On Women and Wine
May 31, 2017
On Women and Wine
Wine as we know it embodies the construct of the feminine, traded in our cultural circles as the sensual, lighter…
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Assata Shakur
May 25, 2017
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,…
Navigating Mother’s Day
May 14, 2017
Navigating Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day, by promoting the concept of an “ideal” family, mother, and mother-child relationship, excludes and alienates families that don’t…
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
April 27, 2017
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…
Menstruation Beyond PMS and Ibuprofen
April 18, 2017
Menstruation Beyond PMS and Ibuprofen
There are many aspects of menstruation that are continuosly misunderstood including the basic processes that constitute the menstrual cycle, who…