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Purged to Perfection: Why All Girls Need to Unleash the Power of the “Erotic”
I’ve always been seen as small. From the moment I was born, I was behind the curve. Every annual physical included my doctor presenting me with my chart, a little blue line lagging behind the norm. I...
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My Eating Disorder Journey: How the Male Gaze Led Me to Restriction
When you define feminism or any activism-related term, it is often conveyed as a strong and powerful depiction of the movement a group of people believes in. I define feminism as fighting for justice...
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The Dangers of Sexist Social Media for Young Girls
With the current popularity of social media, more and more lives are becoming public information. Although social media is, in numerous ways, a great way to communicate, spread information, and more,...
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Crushes as Currency: When your Worth is Based on Attracting Men
From a young age, girls are socialized to have crushes on boys. We are constantly interrogated with questions asking, “Who do you like?” “Who do you think is cute?” and “Who do you want to marry?” As...
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Women vs. Women: The Neverending Competition
In a world of hierarchy and patriarchy, men have discovered the perfect way to remain in control: competition. As humans, we crave power, and society teaches us that the way to achieve that power is...
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Eyeliner and Nail Polish: Are Straight Men Breaking Gender Norms?
With the rise of apps like TikTok, there has been a sudden shift in consciousness around gender expression. Increasingly, straight cisgender men are breaking away from gender roles, especially amongst...
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How can we subvert the male gaze? Or… A love letter to the female ga(ys)ze.
Much of the media we consume today is presented through a single narrative: one of the heterosexual male. “The male gaze,” a term coined in Laura Mulvey’s 1975 essay titled “Visual Pleasure and...
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Black Womanhood: A Self-Revelation
“Black women have a long tradition of bonding together. We have a distinct Black woman-identified folk culture based on our experiences as Black women in this society; symbols, language and modes of...
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Are You a Man?
Men are afraid of feminism because of the culture of hypermasculinity that we are raised in. I’ve seen others get so caught up in judging feminism that I realized that they don’t even know what it...
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Let’s Stop Body Shaming and Start Body Loving Ourselves
Image from Eachbodysready Facebook page If everyone in the world were a product, some people would sell out before others. This is a result of body shaming. The beautiful, the impressive, and the...
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Rape and Sexual Harassment: Survivors Speak Out
According to RAINN (Rape, Abuse, And Incest, National Network), “every 107 seconds, another American is sexually assaulted” and “each year, there are about 293,000 victims of sexual assault.” These...
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The Girl Behind The Mission: A Review of He Named Me Malala
Pictured above: the promotional poster for He Named Me Malala (photocredit: Screenrelish) He Named Me Malala, directed by Davis Guggenheim, was a very well made, easily digestible biopic that detailed...
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Violence Against Women and Grand Theft Auto: One Young Man’s Epiphany
Grand Theft Auto encourages violence against women (photo credit: Grand Theft Auto). During the weekend that International Day of the Girl was being celebrated all around the world, I attended a...
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#GamerGate and how every person who cares about video games became a misogynist
Anita Sarkeesian accepting the Ambassador Award at the Game Developer’s Choice ceremony. First off, I would like to begin this post by stating that I identify as a gamer, a man, and as a feminist. If...
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The Master Narrative Does Not Define Me, Do Not Let It Define You
“I need feminism because I refuse to be defined by the mastre narrative.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) I need feminism because I refuse to be defined by the master narrative, which tells our society...
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Finding My Feminist Stand Through Media and the Arts
“I need feminism because…I wasn’t born in BOX.” (Photo credit:Ileana Jiménez). I need feminism because I wasn’t born in a box. I should not have to live in a world where I feel like my gender and my...
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The Future of Feminism: Together We Can Change the Media
Why do I need feminism? Because my identity is multidimensional! (Photo Credit: Ileana Jiménez) I’m a boy, so how does feminism relate to me? I never thought that feminism would play such an important...
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I Need Feminism Because I Want to End Cycles of Oppression
“I need feminism because I’m tired of seeing women ‘miss-represented.’”(Photo credit: Rehana Hirji) I need feminism because I want to end cycles of oppression. I use the word “cycles” instead of...
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It’s Time for a Feminist Makeover
“I need feminism because the world needs a makeover”(Photo Credit: Ileana Jiménez) I need feminism because the world needs a makeover. The world deserves the same feminist makeover that my classmates...
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Why Wouldn’t I Need Feminism?
“I need feminism because every girl should feel empowered, and no one should be limited by society’s definition of normal.” (photo credit: Ileana Jiménez) After several minutes of stressing about how...
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