Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments and trends that have defined our current social and academic lives. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. In online feminist discourse, one … Continue reading The history of Pickmeisha
Imani Tailly, Staff Writer (Image courtesy of The Listening Post) As Women’s History Month ends, our second and final article focuses on how the stereotypes covered in the first article still impact how Black women are looked at today. The mammy stereotype has been recreated in movies such as The Help, where actresses Viola Davis and Octavia Spencer depict a visual of what the mammy … Continue reading Black Women’s Fight Against Stereotypes: Part 2
Imani Tailly, Staff Writer Black women have a rich history of fighting back against multiple forces attempting to keep us down and we continue to show resilience and poise, holding our heads high. It’s especially important to look at the fight against stereotypes. For centuries, these harmful, derogatory remarks have been pushed onto Black women, and they negatively impact us as we fight for our … Continue reading Black Women’s Fight Against Stereotypes, Part I of II
Rachel Spinella Staff Writer In Hollywood and in media today, women are often times hypersexualized. In 2018, women like Kim Kardashian, Nicki Minaj, Scarlett Johansson, Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry and countless others have all been objectified by the media. These women are well known in the U.S. today and their objectification can have a powerful influence on young girls and women in society. The objectification … Continue reading The Objectification of Women Today
Rejani King Staff Writer Recently, California made the decision to consider having more women on the Board of Directors. According to USA Today, California would be the first in the nation to make it mandatory to have women in boardrooms. The bill (SB-826) will require companies that are based in California to have at least one woman on their Board of Directors by the end … Continue reading Do Companies Need at Least One Woman on their Board?
Quashon Avent Staff Writer The reaction to missing and murdered native women can really be explained in one word: apathy. The Canadian and American governments do not seem to be concerned with the well-being of these women, which is why they continue to disappear. Canada created a $54 million inquiry commission into missing and murdered native women, yet they still don’t have an active database. … Continue reading The Epidemic of Missing Native Women
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer With over 300 filed to run, the Associated Press reports that the number of women running for the US House of Representatives in the 2018 elections is at a record high. The previous record, set in 2012, was 298 women. This year, the number has risen to 309, which, as reported by the National Public Radio (NPR), is a 90 percent … Continue reading Record Number of Women To Run for US House of Representatives in 2018
MaryKent Wolff Staff Writer People all over the world attended marches for the advancement of women’s rights on Jan. 20 and 21 on the one-year anniversary of the 2017 Women’s March. The 2017 Women’s March was held in Washington D.C. following President Donald Trump’s inauguration. The protest was the largest single-day protest in U.S. history. Worldwide, it is estimated that the various women’s marches drew … Continue reading Women’s march anniversary
Jessica Clifford Staff Writer Women; we are a lot of things from a lot of different perspectives. We are mothers, daughters, and nieces. We are the worker, the housewife, and the nanny. We are the nurses, the lovers, and the wives. We fit into various boxes. However, from outsiders looking in, primarily men, do not see the difference between an experience that includes or … Continue reading Giving women more animated roles in the comic industry
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