Feminism

For many years, African Americans were perceived as being ignorant creatures incapable of thinking and successfully holding leadership positions and roles. However, African Americans are constantly defying this perception and reaching heights beyond any individual’s greatest expectation.  Read More »

Have you heard about our first lady? I bet if you have you have heard some mention of her fashion style. Just do a google search for Michelle Obama's wardrobe. I got 452,000 results
http://www.google.com/search?q=michelle+obama%27s+wardrobe&ie=utf-8&oe=u...

According to the Columbia Journalism Review  Read More »

I hear a lot of people decrying feminism as a ball-busting, man-hating, female-superiority philosophy. I personally prefer to identify as humanist, since feminist does seem rather exclusive to me - the word makes it sound like only females can identify as feminists, when we all know that isn't true. And I can see why people might have gained that opinion about feminists, given how some of our sisters tend to act about guys in general.

Case in point - I was walking around campus with a girlfriend of mine, heading to the cafeteria for dinner. As we approached, we saw a couple also approaching the doors ahead of us. The guy reached out in front of the girl, grabbed the door, and held it open for her. The girl promptly turned and said, "Don't open doors for me! I can open doors myself!" in quite a harsh tone of voice. I can predict how my readers will react - one of two ways, based on how my friend and I reacted.  Read More »

I tagged this under the principle of “Broad prosperity,” but the prosperity is not that broad, particularly if one is a woman. I recently completed a paper about class and classism in the US, and in one section, I wrote about the intersection of class with other social categories. This particular section discussed that of being a woman.  Read More »

One of the things that I think I appreciate so much about period pieces, particularly Jane Austen’s works (see previous entry, A time for literature) is the scope, the lens through which it looks at women and femininity. Austen’s canon portrays women as powerful and capable, despite the oppressive society in which they lived.  Read More »

I know many women who were strong supporters of Hillary in the primaries, and who are now supporting John McCain.  Read More »

This is a blog dedicated to all women. Vefore you read I understan it mainly discusses Black and Hispanic women but all women have been disrespected in the world of hip hop. I hope this will give male and female readers a deeper appreciation to women. Also not all hip hop is degrading but the majority is. Enjoy!!  Read More »

Today, in the spirit of bipartisanship, civil discourse, and plain old curiosity, I attended an informational session hosted by the College Democrats at my school entitled, "Why Most Feminists Are Voting for Obama." The speakers were two professors, who unabashedly support Obama, and obviously want to let everyone else in the entire world know why they should too.  Read More »