By Morgan Paul Earlier this week I sat down with a good friend of mine to talk about body image. While I’ve been incredibly fortunate… Read More »Wonder Woman and Body Peace Advocate: My Close Friend, Bailey
By Amber Charleville After the recent events of Maryville, a story so close to home (Maryville is an hour and a half north of Kansas… Read More »The Prevalence of “Rape Culture” in Today’s Society
By Maritza Gordillo I came across this article on Facebook and it is just shocking. One of the fraternity brothers of the Phi Kappa Tao at… Read More »This is Why Violence Prevention Education is Important
When I read about “Stop Telling Women to Smile” by Brooklyn-based artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, I was struck; it is a fantastic visual display aiming to raise… Read More »“Stop Telling Women to Smile” Exemplifies Artistic Activism
By Morgan Paul [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iPZpQhqONXU&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] As many of you may know, Sunday was topless day! As nice as that sounds on hot days like today, it… Read More »Demanding Equal Rights for All Bodies: Going Topless
By Courtney Neaveill “Gwyneth Paltrow lipstick lesbian”: Google that and you will get over two pages of results – all of which reference a recent… Read More »Leave Your Lipstick At Home
By Arzie Umali [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FUbI8L90bFY[/youtube]Retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has done it again. Known for controversies such as their risqué print advertisements with half-naked people and accusations… Read More »Shame on You, Abercrombie & Fitch (Again)!
By Erica Rose The January 2011 issue of Essence Magazine poses a major question about rapper/artist Lil Wayne and that is “can Weezy start over… Read More »No Love: A Proper Representation of Lil Wayne
By Devon White [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk&feature=channel[/youtube] In light of the Women’s Center recent body-positive initiatives like Love Your Body Day and a screening of documentaries that address… Read More »Just the Way You Are
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