by admin | Sep 18, 2013 | Articles, Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
Street harassment is a serious issue that effects all people, but its implications create a particularly dangerous reality for women. An individual’s safety becomes compromised in public spaces all around the world where street harassment is a normalized part of the...
by admin | Sep 13, 2013 | Articles, Women's Rights
If asked, I think that most people have some sort of opinion about beauty pageants. Although many abhor such pageants for the way they champion women’s bodies under the guise of scholarship, these annual events make up a massive facet of our culture. There have been...
by admin | Aug 29, 2013 | Articles, Gender, Women's Rights
“Jen, sometimes I think you’re not pretty enough for me,” were words Jennifer Tress’ ex-husband actually said to her during a fight. That’s partly why he is now an “ex.” The words are pretty shocking, not to mention the last thing you would expect your husband to...
by admin | Aug 26, 2013 | Articles, Women's Rights
A man performed an experiment in the middle of a housing complex in Johannesburg. He wanted to see what would happen. The first night of the experiment, he played a drum set at full volume. Eventually many people knocked on the door to ask him to quiet down. One...
by admin | Aug 23, 2013 | Articles, Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
When seventeen-year-old Jinan Younis started a “Feminist Society” at her high school, she received an overwhelmingly hateful response from her male peers. A self-identified feminist, the teen was inspired to create a space for like-minded students in her school after...
by admin | Aug 21, 2013 | Articles, Equality, Gender, Women's Rights
Why do some boys think only boys can be geeks? Why are girls sometimes told they are not “real geeks” or are not “geeky enough?” Hmmm…who says how much is the right amount and who gets to be a geek? Answer: not you. There are girl geeks, too. First of all,...
