Drop the Mic: A Review of the New 98 Degrees Single
By: Mar Curran I was innocently scrolling through my Facebook newsfeed the other day when something alarmed me, Internet. Headline after headline announced that 98 Degrees has released a new […]
Tag Archives: Sexism
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 […]
On Men Who Think Street Harassment Would Be Awesome
by Miriam Mogilevsky Whenever women are discussing street harassment and what causes it and how to prevent it, a man inevitably comes along to inform us that, actually, our feelings about harassment […]
What a Disgusting Facebook Page Tells Us About a Woman’s Need to Be Desired
by: Emily Heist Moss Note: This post was also published on Role/Reboot and republished with permission. You can find the original here. In this piece, Emily Heist Moss discusses the […]
Is Slutwalk The End of Feminism?
by: Yasmin Nair Without a critical self-awareness and a willingness to address and act upon the structural, economic, and political problems that face women and others, Slutwalk is in danger […]
Fighting the Same Battle: On the Shooting of Malala Yousfzai
by: Maggie Carr The recent shooting of Malala Yousafzai has torn me up. Deeply. You’d have to be an automaton to feel anything but grief. But she continues to hang […]
The Roman Empire on Birth Control
By: Caitlin Bergh I am the only girl in this honors seminar. The seminar is about the history of ancient civilizations. There is a T.A. who makes me want to […]
Sexism and the CTU Strike
by Derrick Clifton It’s hard being a female leader in a male-dominated society. Following the culmination of the Chicago Teachers’ Union strike, I’m sure Karen Lewis would agree. What started […]
“Trampire:” Why the Public Slut Shaming of Kristen Stewart Matters for Young Women
by: Nico Lang For the most part, I don’t really care about the Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart breakup, because I don’t know them, I don’t like the Twilight movies and after suffering through David Cronenberg’sCosmopolis, […]
The Tucker Max of Cable TV: Why I Hate Daniel Tosh
by: Jonah M. Lefholtz I’m the sort of person that touches cacti and electric fences on purpose; I have a masochistic side, but I usually can’t manage to sit through […]
