10 Fresh Girl Power Books to Add to Your Reading List
The future is female, and so is the present. Whether you eat books for breakfast before class or …
Gender
A Lifetime of Looking for Myself
I opened my passport for the first time in years, and I found myself looking at someone else. The …
10 Things the Notorious RBG Did to Help You—Yes, You!
No one will ever be able to rock a jabot like Ruth Bader Ginsburg. The justice’s iconic …
Breaking the Binary: My Journey into Identifying as Non-Binary
I’m going to cut to the chase. Biological assigned sex and gender are not the same thing. The …
Modern Love
When my parents left me at college for the first time, I wasn’t sure what to do. I reached for my …
Not That You Asked, But Here’s 7 Celebrities I’d Gladly Come Out To
This is a love letter to my fellow LGBTQ+ people who are celebrating. This is also to those who are …
Top 10 Ways to Celebrate International Women’s Day
I know what you’re thinking: Is it really a holiday if we don’t get the day off from real life? The …
What it’s Like to be Gender Nonconforming in College
Today’s campuses tend to embrace LGBTQ+ pride and acceptance openly, through different support …
The Conversation We Should Have About Transgender Women and Feminism
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie recently spoke to Channel 4 news in an interview about transgender women …
How to Step Up When You Have the Privilege of Staying Home
“White feminism” is a problem. I know I don’t need to say this to women of color. I …
Am I Sexist? Why I’ve Only Ever Written About Male Artists for Over 3 Years
I’m a junior in a 4000 level art history seminar on theory. This is it. This is the time when …
An Open Secret with Women in STEM Fields
Have you ever found yourself alone in a crowded room? I don’t just mean feeling alone, but actually …
Blurred Lines: How Mixed Messages Contribute to Rape Culture
How can we combat an issue we cannot see? First and foremost, we need to throw it out into the open …
Discovering the Not-So-Undercover Objectification of Women in College
I grew up in a small town in Eastern Kentucky. I was the only one in my elementary school who didn’t …
“I’m not a Feminist, but…”: Debunking Feminism Myths
You hear about it on TV, read about it on Twitter and learn about it in history class—feminism. But …
The New Gender-Normal: Gender-Inclusive Housing
Whenever I mention that I lived in gender-inclusive housing during my sophomore year at George …
Why Are Women Leaving College with Lower Self-Esteem?
College was a place that I thought would help me become a more confident and stronger woman. After …
Our Eyes Deceive Us: The Many Perceptions of the Female Figure
To ask the average female college student how she sees herself is to ask a very personal question. …
Modern Feminism: Did You Really Wake up Like That?
People often associate the word “feminism” with women and ideas that seem rough around …
You Don’t Have To Come Out Alone
The Human Rights Campaign found that 26 percent of LGBT youth (ages 13-17) say that their biggest …
15 Reasons Why “Females are Strong as Hell”
If you have a Netflix account or you’ve been a living human being for the past few months, you’ve …
The Time When I Didn’t Know if My Teacher Was Male or Female
The fall 2014 semester was my first full semester after switching my major from psychology to …
Don’t F–ck The Patriarchy: How Thoughtless Buzzwords Dilute Feminism
My first year at UVA equipped me with more social awareness than I dreamed of possessing in high …
