As I listened, I respected more and more the tough decisions these women had to make, and I began to understand those decisions as theirs to make. I prayed to God—if He’d just get me out of this situation, I’d devote my life to ending abortion in America. I begged. I was 15 and I […]
They are well past child-bearing age, they are divorced, and they are no longer desirable to the mainstream male gaze. And yet Grace and Frankie seem to be having the best time of their lives. When Grace and Frankie first came out in 2015, the show was thought to be a one-trick pony appealing only […]
Our rules, even those seemingly feminist, defining what constitutes a ‘respectable woman’ only reinforce women and girls’ status as sex objects. In a recent interview with NME magazine Rihanna distanced herself from Taylor Swift and the singer’s good-girl image saying, “In my mind, she’s a role model, I’m not.” The words have social media discussing whether or not […]
Our emancipation as women is directly connected to our status as equal human beings—not objects. I’ll never forget the first time I saw Jessica Rabbit—no, I’ll never forget the first time I saw her breasts. Voluptuous and bursting out of her sparkling red dress; they were mesmerizing. I knew I had to have a pair. […]
My high school refused to print my picture in the yearbook because my A-cups were demanding too much attention. “I can see your cleavage all the way across the court.” That’s what my female Bible teacher told me when I was just 15. I was the new kid at a private Christian school. What could […]
Women in Hollywood are too often crutches propping up the status of their aging male leads. By now, you’re well aware that Renee Zellweger’s face, not the actor, has been making headlines. News feeds have been blowing up with speculation and ridicule over the Bridget Jones star’s supposed “new” face asking idiotic questions like, “Is That Really You, […]
