A seemingly impervious narrative dominates today’s social discourse in the Black community where Black men are painted as more vulnerable victims than their female counterparts. This far-reaching myth typically arises along with discussions about gender inequality or sexism where claims are made that Black women face less hardship than their male counterparts, or even — […]
People have been telling women how to behave in public, at home, on dates, in relationships, and just about everywhere else for centuries. Sure, men have their share of gendered expectations, but the specifics of them rarely come anywhere close to what women have endured and men just keep making up more. For instance, earlier today, […]
In the latest of absurd trends that challenge women to prove they are nothing more than a collage of fuckable shapes, women in China and beyond are engaging in the “A4 Waist Challenge,” in which they pose behind a piece of vertical A4 paper to prove their waist is equal or smaller than the piece […]
The feminist movement began as a struggle for basic rights: women’s suffrage, reproductive rights, access to work and education, and equal rights within those institutions. Through the hard work and dedication of our foremothers, many of those feats have been won. As a result, our culture has become dominated by a narrative that is not […]
Regardless of where you stand on the show Girls or Lena Dunham’s work and persona in general, it’s undeniable that she’s good at standing her ground and speaking up when she feels misrepresented, so it’s no surprise that when the Spanish-language publication Tentaciones heavily photo-shopped her cover photo, she took to Instagram to speak up. […]
As highlighted in Emma Watson’s recent speech addressed to the United Nations, society has ravaged the word “feminism.” For many, the term has become synonymous with “anti-male.” This perception derives from the attempt to view feminism as a singular movement or theory founded by lesbians and promoted by man haters. In actuality, feminism represents an entire […]
