As a woman of color, I was constantly told by my mother when I was just a little kid that being White is what would make me beautiful. I remember days when she would tell me to marry a White guy when I was older so that our children could have long, silky beautiful hair. […]
Art is an often overlooked medium for social activism. Historically, women have used music to raise awareness of sexual violence. The seemingly personal troubles of sexual assault, expressed in song, expose and publicize the societal issue of sexual brutality. Attempts to address this threat eventually led to the creation of the #MeToo Movement. Tarana Burke, […]
Despite having over 82 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Taylor Swift has found herself needing to prove her talent over and over again as she struggles to be taken seriously as a female songwriter and musician. This is not just an issue faced by Swift. Women in the workplace are held to a different standard […]
The prevalence of homelessness in New York City makes it impossible for it to go unnoticed, especially by native New Yorkers. While the challenges faced by the overall population of the unhoused are widely known, what about the unique and less visible struggles that homeless women endure? Challenges of Homeless Motherhood Homeless shelters in New […]
Most mothers seem to have their go-to remedies for preventing and treating illness in their families, such as vitamin C pills, echinacea tea, or in my family’s case, elderberry. But do these things really work? It can be hard to tell, but the supplement manufacturers selling these products don’t care as long as the consumers […]
This art piece represents the balancing act female athletes face in their two worlds on campus: one of sports and one of gendered conditioning. Female athletes live in two vastly contrasting worlds, one of sports and one of gendered conditioning (Krane 2004). They must exercise peak strength and endurance while simultaneously appearing feminine to comply […]
When I was eight years old, I started training as a competitive rhythmic gymnast. As the only girl of color on a team composed exclusively of Russian members, I faced a constant struggle for acceptance. I was called unkind words like “kakashki”, which means poop in Russian by my teammates and was even told by […]
As hard as it is to believe, despite recent movements towards gender equality in sports, news coverage on woman peaked in the 1950s and has since decreased.1 When comparing recent Sports Illustrated covers featuring males versus females, there are many disparities. The covers of males typically show a male athlete, team, or coach being celebrated […]
For women, deciding to have sex involves much more than the physical act itself. Their decision also includes the use of contraception and the best way to protect themselves and their partner against unwanted pregnancies. Finding what forms of contraception work for their bodies can be a complex, confusing, and exhausting process of trial-and-error. In […]
It’s no secret that beauty products are expensive. According to Business Insider, the beauty industry was worth $532 billion in 2019. Magazine ads use appealing images and seemingly empowering language to say: buy our expensive product and you, too, will be enough. Such popular imaging sets the standards that women compare themselves to. So how […]
