Solitary Confinement and Institutionalization
In the reading, “Discipline and Punish,” by Michel Foucault, he mentions that punishment has transformed into…
We have all seen these charts of images that have us comparing our bodies to inanimate objects and shapes. Heck, I am guilty of calling myself a square faced pear.
However, these molds which have been restricted down to four to six options that you can choose from…
Many people try all different things to perform masculinity that sometimes is makes them so difficult to perform. Living in a society where media promotes masculinity in a very absurd way because whenever they promote masculinity in media they would try the…
If you’ve been living under a rock for your whole life and just resurfaced out of the darkness into the light of day and civilization, than you probably haven’t heard about the buzz around the original Aunt Viv from Fresh Prince of Bel Air (Janet Hubert) calling…
Housework has evolved throughout time, and more specifically for the women. Angela Davis mentions how the tasks of a women have gone from an equal house taker that held tasks to such as spinning, weaving, baking, butter-churning, candle-making, and…
As a prominent counterculture activist Angela Davis has been looking for change. Davis devoted her time, safety, and freedom for equality for women. It should be no surprise to anyone living in today’s capitalist world or for the last century that women have been treated…
There is a private matter that happens in many homes throughout the world. Domestic abuse, whether violence or sexual, is the reality…
Gender roles are a tricky thing.
Angela Davis criticizes the idea of women not receiving any compensation for housework. I’d like to take it one step further.