Tougher Than Mike’s Hard Lemonade: The Strength of Brotherhood
by: Mar Curran My brothers and I have a weird relationship to outsiders; there is a fragile balance of order which must be held at all times for us to […]
Category Archives: Gender
Itsy-Bitsy Teeny-Weeny Yellow Polka-Dot Self-Loathing: The Body Politics of Summer
by: Maggie Carr It’s May, the temperature’s already topped out at eighty degrees, and my sensible snow boots are in storage. Like it or not, shorts season—and all its […]
Major Love: How Women and Gender Studies and LGBTQ Studies Have Changed Me For The Better
by: Katie Weiss In one of my first classes in college, a 100 level course in LGBTQ studies, a professor posed a reading on the LGBTQ community that discussed ways […]
H-Day Approaching: Another Step in My Transition
by: Allison Mitchell Her name was Hormones. She sat by her phone, not exactly knowing the moment, but she knew the number. Her usual pickup point had produced a small envelope, inside […]
Ladies Watch the Throne: A Feminist Examination of Characters on Game of Thrones
by: Mariann Devlin Note: Spoiler alert for the first season Everytime I watch a new film or television series, I’m attuned to the way certain races and genders are portrayed, […]
Negative Nellies: The Detrimental Effects of Media Speculation on Women’s Appearance
by: Kevin Sparrow If there is a family that has withstood the test of time, it is the Judds. From the early days of Naomi and Wynonna’s country duo to […]
Preferring That You Take The Lead: Examining Gender Roles in Dance
by: Rohan Lewis A week or so ago, I attended a milonga, which is a dance hall for the tango. I absolutely love to dance. I love the tango. The […]
Assault Never Goes Down Smoothly: Why Belvedere Vodka Needs to Pay Into the Douche Jar
by: Emma Rose My roommates and I have a Douche Jar in our apartment (thank you, New Girl). It’s the same premise of a swear jar, only instead of monitoring […]
What’s the ‘E’? Critiquing the Estrogen Speculation Surrounding Willam Belli’s RuPaul’s Drag Race Disqualification
by: Randall Jenson Last week’s episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race promised to be the “most shocking episode ever.” Viewers learned, after watching two drag queens compete in the “lip sync […]
After the Success of The Hunger Games, Is Hollywood Ready for More Women in the Industry?
by: Nico Lang Note: This piece was also published in the Huffington Post. You can check it out here. Unless you are living under a rock, you are probably somewhat […]
