Dialogue and Opinion
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…
Feminism 101: What is TERF?
April 18, 2017
Feminism 101: What is TERF?
The reality is, gender exists on a spectrum -- not a binary. So people who identify as one extreme of…
Feminism 101: What is Postcolonial Feminism?
April 18, 2017
Feminism 101: What is Postcolonial Feminism?
Postcolonial feminism resists Euro-American feminists’ tendency to universalize the shape oppression takes for women in various sociopolitical and historical contexts.
Words Matter: The Importance of Language and Labels
April 18, 2017
Words Matter: The Importance of Language and Labels
Our words have the ability to re-write narratives, redistribute power, and shift understanding in whatever direction we choose. They are…
Expanding Empathy in the Wake of the Muslim Ban(s)
April 4, 2017
Expanding Empathy in the Wake of the Muslim Ban(s)
In emphasizing the tragedy of intellectuals barred from the United States, and in veiling the stories of average people affected,…
Feminist Theorist Thursdays: Judith Butler
March 2, 2017
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…
Newsflash: You Can’t Be “Financially Conservative And Socially Liberal”
March 2, 2017
Newsflash: You Can’t Be “Financially Conservative And Socially Liberal”
Financial issues are inherently linked to social ones. The truth of the matter is that fiscal conservatism draws money away…
Sex and the Sorority Girl
February 24, 2017
Sex and the Sorority Girl
It is the responsibility of the Greek system to shift structural power into women’s hands, allowing their sexual freedom to…