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Politics
The Politics of Gender: How the Imposition of the Gender Binary Reinforces Oppressive Hierarchies
By understanding the origins of the gender binary as a tool of oppression, we can more clearly see the ways…
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Campus Life
The Shortcomings of Mainstream White Feminism and What We Can Do About Them
By empowering the vast diversity of feminine gender expression and not just the conventional presentation of femininity that is celebrated…
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Dialogue and Opinion
A Tomboy Story
As a feminist and ex-tomboy, I often think about how my expression of gender has evolved over the course of…
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Dialogue and Opinion
Feminism 101: What is Heteronormativity?
Heteronormative society ingrains the prejudice or dislike of people who are ‘different.’ Due to gender roles within heteronormativity, it is…
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Feminism 101
Feminism 101: What is Cissexism?
Cissexism is the conscious or unconscious reinforcement of the belief that there are only two genders, determined at birth by…
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Uncategorized
Breaking Down the Binary
The approach to measuring female success consists far too often of looking at the percentage of women in fields…
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Uncategorized
Ancillary Justice: A New Wave of Feminism in Science Fiction
Although the setting sounds like your typical sci-fi novel, Leckie incorporates an important aspect: the use of gender-neutral pronouns. In…
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