BY: AILEEN ZANGOUEI Alison Brettschneider, a native New Yorker who now currently lives in California, is a successful fashion business owner. Her boutique has multiple locations and is called 25 Park, which is also the name of her social media…
5 modern societies run entirely by women
BY: NADIA ZAIDI “This is a man’s world, but it wouldn’t be nothing without a woman or a girl.” Sure, that’s probably as biased as it gets, but I think we can all agree that both men and women equally…
The problems with radical feminism in the 21st century
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE CO-AUTHORED BY: JESSICA BEUKER Ahh Feminism; a word so powerful that the second it leaves a person’s lips it’s already commenced a fiery debate. The feminist movement dates back to the 19th century, yet still plays a…
I don’t need to go makeup free to discover my “true” beauty
BY: NADIA ZAIDI I can almost hear the snarky remarks, and chuckles when we talk about women and makeup. Whether we want to admit it or not, makeup is one of those things that elicits amusement from the opposite sex.…
How monuments perpetrate misogyny
The representation of minorities and women has gained significant traction this year. We have seen a steady increase of women (and minorities) in many media forms. We have seen women take over major box office movies and male dominated genres,…
The forgotten Muslim heroine of WWII
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE The world wars that dominated the last century have brought out many heroes in our soldiers and citizens. Those who fought on the front lines and the citizens who helped support them. The Second World War…
Afghanistan’s first female street artist risks her life to empower women (photos)
Afghanistan-based feminist graffiti artist risks her life to show her perspective of hope for the world she lives in. Her name is Shamsia Hassani, and she is the first female 3-D street artist and female graffiti Artist in Afghanistan. Her…
The Guerrilla Girls are still fighting art sexism in the most badass way possible
BY: SYDNEY KEEFE Featured Illustration by: Xulin Wang One fateful morning on the island of Manhattan, New Yorkers woke up to their borough being wallpapered with Guerrilla art. The Guerilla Girls were formed in response to the MOMA’s exhibit entitled “an…
Alana Massey explores feminine identity through iconic female celebrities
“Telling people not to do as Sylvia Plath did is universally understood as a good-natured suggestion that a writer not put too much of herself into her creation- lest she accidentally write about something as ordinary as being a woman.”…
World hunger and biodiversity loss could be solved by the empowerment of women around the world
BY: DUSTIN BATTY The education and empowerment of women around the world is a crucial step towards a better and brighter future. It promotes equality, combats societally encouraged oppression, and vastly improves a nation’s economic and developmental potential. A recent…
How a group of women are increasing access to education in Nicaragua
BY: ADAM THRUSH A new social initiative has launched in Nicaragua that focuses on the organization of communal spaces for the purpose of hosting makeshift libraries in rural Nicaraguan villages. ‘Barriotecas’ (literally translated to ‘neighbourhood libraries’) simply aims to provide…
The ‘Girl’s Auto Clinic’ is rethinking women’s roles in the auto industry
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Despite all that feminists have achieved up to now, many professions are still heavily gendered, and this has real consequences on people’s lives and society at large. But it doesn’t have to be that way, and Patrice…
Pueblo Bonito was home to a prehistoric society where women ruled
BY: PHILIPPE DE JOCAS In spite of some recent advancement in theories of gender equity, it’s no secret that, for a variety of social and cultural reasons, guys ruled most historical civilizations while women worked to keep the show on…
This feminist photographer is redefining beauty standards (NSFW)
We live in a society that puts women’s bodies in the middle of repression. Women are faced with certain aesthetic standards and continuously fed ideas that we are simply not good enough. Nor will we ever be. Maria Ribeiro, a Brasil-based…
Male birth control shot: what men really think
BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE Birth control: a necessary evil for everyone hoping to avoid driving a gaggle of their genetic copies to soccer practice for the next 18 years. Up to this point in history, men have really only had two…
Equal pay for Iceland: everything you need to know
BY: ELIJAH BASSETT Women and minorities have come a long way in terms of equal rights over the past few decades, but there are still some big problems. One of these is the pay gap. Although the pay gap exists…
Inside the mesmerizing world of burlesque – through the eyes of a legend
BY: JESSICA BEUKER American Burlesque shows first became popular in the 1860s. Featuring lewd jokes and female striptease, this genre of variety show perfectly blended satire, performance art, music and adult entertainment. Performers would wear elaborate and flamboyant costumes and…
The case for all porn to be feminist porn
BY: BROOKLYN PINHEIRO If you’re a woman who’s ever had sex with a man and it ended when he came, without any further effort towards your orgasm, you have experienced sex in the same way as every women I’ve ever…
Fully-nude body positivity workshops helped me get over my body insecurities (NSFW)
BY: JESSICA BEUKER “Everybody get naked.” I glance around the room as nine women—nine strangers—start to take off their clothes. I apprehensively do the same. Heads are bowed towards the floor as we all silently lift our shirts. I glance…
Constantly searching for love and trying to find your soulmate is actually bad news
BY: CHARLOTTE LEFAVE The idea of True Love is infused into everything girls are exposed to growing up. It’s a fantasy we’re born into. As soon as you hit puberty, love becomes a realistic goal you should be striving for,…