Australia Makes Body Image History
In the past week, Australia announced the first body-image initiative in the world. According to a recent article, the initiative is a voluntary code that… Read More »Australia Makes Body Image History
In the past week, Australia announced the first body-image initiative in the world. According to a recent article, the initiative is a voluntary code that… Read More »Australia Makes Body Image History
The UMKC Women’s Center is beginning Volunteer Fridays this summer. We need volunteers to help staff our front desk on Fridays from 9am to 3pm.… Read More »Want to be a part of the UMKC Women's Center?
As is usual for my job I was scanning feminist blogs and websites for news, information, anything that I can share with people who follow the… Read More »Where is Your Line?
I was having a talk with one of the work-studies at the Women’s Center about “feminists” and how people oftentimes associate this term with “man-hating,… Read More »Our Role as Feminists
I don’t know if you can pinpoint exactly when plastic surgery became all the rage. Maybe it was when The Girls Next Door became a… Read More »Plastic Surgery Shouldn't Be the Answer
I am sure we all remember being told at some point during childhood that if you didn’t have anything nice to say then you shouldn’t… Read More »If You Don't Have Anything Nice to Say…
For the past week now, I have been training with MOCSA to become a volunteer assisting victims of sexual violence. MOCSA, Metropolitan Organization to Counter… Read More »We Can’t Remain Silent Any Longer
I am a bookworm. A bibliophile. A lover of the written word. If given the choice between going to a party and staying in with… Read More »The Women's Words
In a recent column in the New York Times, writer Maureen Dowd discussed a group of young men who were setting up a “fantasy draft… Read More »A Disturbing Trend
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8iawDvGfDBc] Miller Lite has created two commercials advertising their beer product. Unfortunately, the commercials are very sexist towards women. They assume women don’t care about… Read More »Miller Lite Wants You to "Man" Up