Feminist Coming Out Day
By Maritza Gordillo Feminist Coming Out Day (FCOD) will be celebrated on March 8th which also marks International Women’s Day. FCOD started at Harvard University… Read More »Feminist Coming Out Day
By Maritza Gordillo Feminist Coming Out Day (FCOD) will be celebrated on March 8th which also marks International Women’s Day. FCOD started at Harvard University… Read More »Feminist Coming Out Day
By Devon White Is it more acceptable for men to cry in public than women? There seems to be a glaring double standard prevalent in… Read More »Cry Baby: The Gender Double Standard of Tears
By Arzie Umali Happy New Year! We are almost one full week into 2011 and many people by now have firmly secured their resolutions and… Read More »Women Are Great and Wise Artists, Too
By Arzie Umali The UMKC Women’s Center blog will be quiet for the next few days as our staff takes a break for the Thanksgiving… Read More »Giving Thanks to Women Past and Present
She Said: by Patsy Campos I have to admit that when I think of the term “feminist” I do not automatically think of men. However,… Read More »She Said/He Said: The Modern Male Feminist
This Thursday and Friday the UMKC Women’s Center is proud to be working with the Kansas City-based Center for Global and Multicultural Education to co-organize… Read More »Human Rights are Women's Rights
Recently, the New York Times published an article discussing women in the workforce – specifically mothers and the job market. The article makes some valid… Read More »Changing Attitudes About Family Roles
Recently a women’s volleyball team at Quinnipiac University was cut and replaced with a competitive cheerleading squad. The volleyball players sued the school saying that… Read More »Is Cheerleading a Sport? That is the Question…
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 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