Remembering the Queen of Baseball
By Ann Varner Sadly, we are nearing the end of my favorite sports season: baseball season! Baseball is the one sport I am passionate about, and I am happiest sitting in the heat with a…
Gender Stereotypes
Out with the Old; In with the New
By Chris Howard-Williams My summer with the Women’s Center is drawing to a close. During my time here, I’ve tried to educate myself about feminism and what I can do as a man to promote…
Friends and Feminism
By Maleigha Michael *spoilers ahead* Friends was one of the many trendy sitcoms that came from the ’90s that is seen as a classic by many. And even though its last episode aired in 2004,…
Sexism in Colors – Why is Pink for Girls and Blue for Boys?
By Maleigha Michael When I was younger, I learned the colors of the rainbow through the mnemonic, ROY-G-BIV (red-orange-yellow-green-blue-indigo-violet). It was a color rule that has stayed with me since and helped me understand the…
“Avengers: Infinity War” and Feminism
By Megan Schwindler Spoilers ahead! Proceed with caution. The Marvel Cinematic Universe that I grew up with was completely male-dominated. If you look back you’ll see Hulk, Logan, Deadpool, Spiderman, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor,…
Feminist Movie Coming Soon
By Zaquoya Rogers This weekend I saw previews for a feminist movie on the rise and had to talk about it. On May 11, which is just 2 days before Mother’s Day, a movie named “Breaking…
No Lax on Pink Tax
By Caroline Turner I took a trip to Target last night and I unknowingly got wrapped up in some sort of pink trap. As soon as I walked in I checked out the “deals”…
From Dolls to Degrees: How gender norms can be hard to see
by Thea Voutiritsas A close friend of mine is expecting, and she told me she would be raising her daughter as a feminist. On one hand, I thought, “Well, of course!” And on the other,…
It’s Not in My Head: The Hysterical Woman Stereotype
By Zaquoya Rogers Many people are convinced that women are not trusted to know when their body needs medical attention. Can you imagine that? A woman named Kathy was experiencing abnormally heavy periods and…
Free the Nips!
By Zaquoya Rogers Before the 1930s, going topless was illegal for both men and women. It was seen as indecent up until the 1930s when men were permitted to be without garment from the waist…