Regurgitated Headlines: Stop Body Shaming Celebrities
By: Kiki Kirk The other day I was taking the Metra to work, as I do every day. But this particular day I left my head phones at home. This […]
Category Archives: Women
Fiction: Wise
By: Lisa Buscani She stands in the doorway, arching her back in the way that emulates every late-night TV black-and-white screen sex goddess she can remember. Common sense tells her […]
Being Seen as a Moral Equal, and the Freedom of Choosing to Participate:Views on Women in Combat
by: Mariann Devlin Once I got into a long-winded Facebook debate about equal pay with a friend who was a liberal activist. It began when he posted a chart showing […]
In Defense of the Use of the Term “Friendzone”
By J.N. Reyna Note: This piece was originally published on the author’s blog and reposted with permission. You can find the original here. Only recently did I become aware of “The […]
A Clearly Confused Paglia: Examining Her Latest Critique of Popstars
by: Mariann Devlin Camille Paglia, in a piece for the Hollywood Reporter, slammed both Taylor Swift and Katy Perry for lacking the kind of gritty eroticism as their pop-music colleagues […]
Better Than a “Sure Thing”: Pink Loves Consent, If Only
by: Kara Crawford I am not a big fan of either Victoria’s Secret or their PINK line. I have no fundamental problem with lingerie; in fact, I fully affirm sexy […]
Waiting in Line For the Ladies Room at the Capital: Negotiating 19 Percent
by: Tania Zaparaniuk It would be, awkward, if women made only up 19% of the people in this country. Even as I write this, and say that - I’m hard-pressed to […]
Running From My Body: Now Living Beyond the “Womanly” Dichotomy
by: Mallory Eris In my last semester of college, I basked in the glory of only having to take 12 credit hours while training for a marathon. Having been running on […]
All Together Now: Tammy Baldwin and The Whole Community
by: Alexandra Cavallaro I don’t know about you, but election night felt like a lesson in information management. I sat with two of my friends in their living room and […]
Girls (Without Color): How Lena Dunham Addresses Race
by Ange Concepcion Let’s suppose I tell you there’s a show about a 20-something year old college educated female, Hannah, newly cut off from her parents, set in New York […]
