By Brittany Soto Since our center has been promoting the “Meet us on The Street” event all throughout this week, focusing on the issues of gender-based street harassment, I wanted to turn my attention to…
By Brittany Soto The term “wifey” is a fad used to describe what a “real woman” is, you know, one that cooks, cleans, and provides for her husband, making sure he’s always happy. A “wifey”…
By: Christina Terrell Over the years women have always been told what they should and should not wear. Even in the current year of 2019 women are still held to a stigma that they should…
By Caitlin Easter “I’m tired of people saying, “And now we present her, who marched with Martin Luther King.” Well, a lot of folk flew down there one weekend and marched, but I worked.”- Dorothy…
By: Christina Terrell Medea Benjamin is an American activist who has advocated for human rights for over twenty years. Benjamin has traveled to many different countries learning and advocating, writing eight books that are about…
By: Christina Terrell Everybody is Beautiful Week is a movement that the UMKC Women Center puts on to celebrate body positivity and combat eating disorders. The idea comes from the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA).…
By: Caitlin Easter From a very young age we are exposed to Barbie. From this early age we learn—and in turn internalize— the values and lessons of “health” as displayed by what we are exposed…
By: Christina Terrell Gender testing on female athletes has been around for some time now, however it has gone through phases. Gender testing happens to be the sex verification in sports, which grants eligibility for…
By Nina Cherry As we are now over a month into 2019, I finally found a theme and a personal goal for myself for this year (a bit late, per usual). The theme? Unapologetic womanhood.…
By Brittany Soto Hi, I’m Brittany! I’m currently in my senior year here at UMKC and I’m about to receive my undergraduate degree in Psychology with a minor in Sociology this spring. I transferred to…