An unfortunate side effect of teaching men and women alike that STEM fields are the only areas that matter is that the humanities—and by extension, feminine cultural traits like collaboration and compassion—are unfairly seen as frivolous or ornamental. At the transition from fiction to creative non-fiction, I asked my creative writing class to buy copies of Pilgrim […]
Nope, cat-calling isn’t cute when handsome or successful men do it. One of the most frustrating and common experiences of being a woman is having men tell you they know better than you do what women think and feel. By increasing the number of conversations people get to have, the Internet has also increased the number […]
As a culture, we understand that many teen moms need help to develop good parenting skills and improve the lives of their children. Why do we think teen dads don’t need that same help? Teens who become parents usually spend most of their adulthood in or near poverty. So do their kids, of course. We know […]
It’s impossible for you to be exempt from all the other men who harassed and threatened women simply because you decided that history shouldn’t apply to you. Hello, fellow men. By now, I’m sure you’ve seen the viral Hollaback! video of the woman who got cat-called an absurd amount of times within the course of […]
We can’t fully understand how patriarchy works and how it can be dismantled—both inside the United States and out of it—without looking at trends in gender gaps worldwide. On Tuesday, the Economist highlighted the release of the World Economic Forum’s 9th annual Global Gender Gap Index, which maps gender gaps on economic, education, health, and political […]
Fox News says young single women aren’t qualified to vote because they’re all “healthy and hot and running around without a care in the world.” Wait…seriously? Late last month, a panel of Fox News commentators discussed the coming elections when host Kimberly Guilfoyle explained why she didn’t think young single women should vote: “It’s the […]
Anyone who thinks that rape jokes do not increase tolerance for rape, create a hostile educational environment for women on campuses, and negatively impact their ability to move freely is deluding themselves. Trigger warning for rape. Last week, two lawsuits were filed against Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Georgia Tech. The fraternity made national news in 2013 after […]
It doesn’t demonize men. It doesn’t stop all women from being sexy. And it certainly doesn’t aim to destroy the family unit. Feminism is coming to get you. It really is. It’s overtaking schools, workplaces, the media, politics….goddammit even sport. It’s wrecking our society like, like, like a wrecking ball. Those man-hating, hairy-legged feminazis won’t be […]
