American Eagle, a clothing and accessories retailer, launched a controversial jean campaign starring actress Sydney Sweeney on July 25. Sweeney gained mainstream recognition for...
On Sept. 7, 1968, inside Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey, the 41st annual Miss America Pageant unfolded. In its ordinary, glitzy fashion,...
Trigger warning: this article contains mentions of sexual abuse and misogyny.
Asia remains a largely conservative region, with an emphasis on traditional family values. These...
The lack of governmental initiatives addressing these systemic issues can be attributed to the deep roots of colonialism in U.S. history, which makes this crisis difficult to fully eradicate — but there are rising grassroots efforts that help. The Murdered Missing Indigenous Women (MMIW) movement has been a strong advocate for legal action and recognition against gender-based violence towards Indigenous women.
However, the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause is not a sufficient substitute for a robust Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), and misconstruing it as such only endangers women’s rights. Ratifying the ERA is integral to women’s rights in the United States as it ensures constitutional protection against sex discrimination; the proposed amendment is a vital piece to gender equality that has long been undermined.
The rhetoric that lesbian identities and relationships can only be understood through a heterosexual, gender binary lens is harmful and offensive. Ultimately, this perspective misconstrues the importance that certain terms, such as “masc” and “femme,” have in the lesbian community. The LGBTQ+ community and its allies need to adopt a more inclusive viewpoint on the subject and start accepting that lesbians can identify and express themselves in a variety of ways.
Mattel Creations asked iconic pop surrealist Mark Ryden to create a Barbie-themed exhibit, where he curated collectible toys, paintings, sketches and sculptures in his...
Anime will continue to exist and depict women in these harmful ways, and nothing will stop its consumption. However, it is important to recognize when certain shows participate in this stereotype, so we don’t normalize or perpetuate the sexualization of Asian women like Japan has.
With this attention has come worldwide civilian commentary about the state of Iran and its religion. However, the one group that seems to be excluded from this discourse is Iranian women themselves.
UCI, Cal State Long Beach and Northridge collaborated on a feminism, women’s rights and Afghanistan event called “Islamization, Women's Rights and Feminist Engagement: A...
