What a year it’s been. There was so much to dissect, debate, and discuss, but these pieces created the biggest stir among you, our dear readers. Before 2015 comes to a close, we wanted to take a look back and share with you 10 of our top pieces from this year. Please enjoy (again)… Why You Should […]
The series is definitely a step in the right direction, but there are a few missed opportunities and mishaps that make it difficult for me to regard the show as completely feminist and queer inclusive. (Spoilers ahead!) The Netflix Original Series Jessica Jones has been hailed as a recent feminist and queer triumph within the superhero […]
I want a horoscope that tells me when they’ll stop killing us, when justice will stop being a joke the powerful pretend to tell, when I’ll stop thinking my partner might have been killed by police just because he’s 20 minutes late. Every night I get my horoscope sent to my mailbox. I don’t read it […]
Let’s all eliminate the games out of dating to make our lives a little safer. “Don’t be too easy.” “Always leave him wanting more.” “Make him work for it.” “Don’t text back too soon—you’ll look desperate.” Most of us are all too familiar with these statements and have, at one point, either perpetrated or been […]
The flipside of misogyny is toxic masculinity. This is the masculinity that tells men to “man up” and prove themselves with violence or rigid gender roles. I recently participated in a panel on the war on women put together by New York State Senator Liz Krueger. One of the questions addressed to me was how the war […]
I foolishly and selfishly thought that my comfortable middle-class upbringing would shield me from knowing financial instability. I was wrong. Lazy. Entitled. Get a better job. If you’ve been paying attention to the recent discussion on raising worker wages—often led by fast food worker protests—you’ve heard and read sentiments like these. No doubt, the issue […]
Religion is often not a humble following of a universal truth. It is a changeable man-made entity designed to subjugate certain peoples. I received a Christmas card from a distant relative today. The front showed an ornate crèche scene and inside was a bible verse proclaiming the birth of Jesus. The card itself was addressed […]
If “adulting” is synonymous with being responsible for your finances, doing your laundry before you run out of clean underwear, having health insurance, and changing your oil on time, well then, we’ve set the bar really low. No one knows how to “adult.” That’s the set up and the punch line to the joke that […]
