Guy meets girl. Girl falls in love. Someone’s heart gets broken. Cut to a dramatic airport chase scene and we all know what happens next: they live happily ever after.
These are all common aspects of a romantic comedy, also...
We’ve all heard it before. There’s the girl in your class who bravely puts her hand up and states that she’s not a man-hater, so she can’t be a feminist, but considers herself an “equalist.” Or the guy who...
In 1975, Susan Brownmiller declared in her bestseller Against Our Will: Men, Women and Rape: “There can be no equality in porn, no female equivalent, no turning of the tables in the name of bawdy fun. Pornography, like rape, is a...
Now more than ever, there are so many sites with women readers in mind. But sometimes, it’s hard to figure out which sites are worth scrolling through, especially when you’re trying to get your news and culture fix in...
“I’m not like most girls.” I cringe a little harder every time I hear any variation of this statement. Even worse? Being told, “you’re not like most girls.” Sure, it’s meant to be a compliment, but what’s wrong with...
So you’ve heard people complain about how us millennials are narcissistic selfie-takers who spend too much time on social media.
And you’ve probably countered with (or at least angrily thought) something like “young women are allowed to like themselves! If...
I was sitting in class one day, reviewing for a test and no one in my class knew the answer to the question my professor asked. I knew it, but I sat there silently for a few minutes before...
So you’ve probably heard about the “Emma Watson can’t be a feminist with her boobs out” controversy by now.
Except it wasn’t really a controversy. It was just an actress being photographed for a magazine, the way actresses always do,...
