Misogyny in Pop Punk

Examining race, gender, and misogyny in pop punk

“Where is Your Boy Tonight?”: Misogyny in Pop Punk

Pass it to the homie, now you hit it

Breastfeeding Made Me Hate My Body

I never pictured myself a mother. The brief period of baby fever I experienced right before I conceived at 31 was primitive — biologically driven and not the culmination of a lifetime dreaming about a nuclear family. In fact, I had come to envision myself as a proud…

It’s True, Women Lose Power As they Gain Power: Here’s Why

No, I Am Not Afraid I’ll ‘Crack Like Lindsay Lohan’

It was a really good day. The sunrise was so pretty I didn’t even need an Instagram filter. I got a 95 on my Marine Biology test that I was expecting to totally fail. I sat in my driveway and had a great, laughing-till-we-cry conversation…

The Misogyny in the Movements

“As we all know, sometimes our first instinct is to want to hit a homosexual in the mouth and want a woman to be quiet. We want to hit a homosexual in the mouth because we’re afraid we might be homosexual; and we want to hit the woman or shut her up because we’re afraid that…

Sexless Brains and Sexism

“Men are from Mars, and women are from Venus,” or so the old saying goes. This well-known gender aphorism exemplifies Western society’s conception of the differences between male and female experiences; gender differences in our culture tend to be reduced to speculative pop…

Am I fat?

If I have to give an answer based on the sizes of my clothes, I would tell you: I don’t know. Maybe I would say that the jeans I’m wearing…

Hey White Women- Stop Championing Diversity In Tech

White women, let’s chat. There’s this movement to increase diversity in tech, give opportunity to the underrepresented, bring diverse ideas to innovate on solutions, and more. Companies are making their diversity numbers transparent, being…