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No Love: A Proper Representation of Lil Wayne
By Erica Rose Image from Wikimedia The January 2011 issue of Essence Magazine poses a major question about rapper/artist Lil Wayne and that is “can Weezy start over now that he has a second chance?”...
View ArticleShame on You, Abercrombie & Fitch (Again)!
By Arzie Umali Click here to view the embedded video.Retailer Abercrombie & Fitch has done it again. Known for controversies such as their risqué print advertisements with half-naked people and...
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Leave Your Lipstick At Home
By Courtney Neaveill “Gwyneth Paltrow lipstick lesbian”: Google that and you will get over two pages of results – all of which reference a recent interview that Ms. Paltrow gave with Harpaar’s Bizarre....
View ArticleDemanding Equal Rights for All Bodies: Going Topless
By Morgan Paul Click here to view the embedded video. As many of you may know, Sunday was topless day! As nice as that sounds on hot days like today, it has much more meaning than just avoiding tan...
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“Stop Telling Women to Smile” Exemplifies Artistic Activism
Image from Google Images. When I read about “Stop Telling Women to Smile” by Brooklyn-based artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh, I was struck; it is a fantastic visual display aiming to raise awareness about...
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This is Why Violence Prevention Education is Important
By Maritza Gordillo I came across this article on Facebook and it is just shocking. One of the fraternity brothers of the Phi Kappa Tao at Georgia Tech decided to write an explicit email to his fellow...
View ArticleThe Prevalence of “Rape Culture” in Today’s Society
By Amber Charleville After the recent events of Maryville, a story so close to home (Maryville is an hour and a half north of Kansas City), I thought it might be a good idea to refresh old readers and...
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Wonder Woman and Body Peace Advocate: My Close Friend, Bailey
Nowfoundation.org’s Love Your Body Campaign Poster from 2009. By Morgan Paul Earlier this week I sat down with a good friend of mine to talk about body image. While I’ve been incredibly fortunate to be...
View ArticleYou are Beautiful, and so is Your Vagina
By Maritza Gordillo While browsing through Jezebel.com, I came across this interesting article titled: “Your Vagina Isn’t Too Big, Too Floppy, and Too Hairy-It’s Also Too Brown.” This article caught my...
View ArticleA Glimpse at the Media of 2013 – We Still Have So Much to Fight For
Click here to view the embedded video. By Amber Charleville Some of you may know that one of my passions is female representation in the media. Media is powerful, and it is not only a reflection of us...
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Hollaback or Nah?
Photo Source: Google Images Through Creative Commons By DeDe Jones When I browse through different feminist websites, I see countless articles on street harassment. Is this a new issue or is it just...
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Free the Nips!
By Zaquoya Rogers Before the 1930s, going topless was illegal for both men and women. It was seen as indecent up until the 1930s when men were permitted to be without garment from the waist up. Women...
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Chivalrous or Sexist? What’s the difference?
by Thea Voutiritsas Standing between two barstools, I pushed myself up on my tiptoes to give the bartender my order. I’m 5″1′, and for some reason I believe that standing on my tiptoes helps people...
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Woman with the Pencil, Not the Pencil Skirt
By: Caroline Turner Why do we notice women in the news for what they are wearing, and men in the news for what they are doing? Why are we more inclined to point out what a women has on than we are a...
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The Dress Code
By Caroline Turner As kids, some of us dealt with school uniforms. Luckily for me, I did not. I would have hated the idea of being restricted to wear only two pairs of pants and two different colored...
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To Bra, or Not to Bra: That is My Choice
By Ann Varner About a year ago, I was sunburned so badly I had second degree burns on my back. The burns were so bad that I had to wrap my back in gauze to cover the open wounds from the blisters, and...
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Becoming Barbie
By: Caitlin Easter From a very young age we are exposed to Barbie. From this early age we learn—and in turn internalize— the values and lessons of “health” as displayed by what we are exposed to....
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You Can’t Objectify Me or My Leggings
By: Christina Terrell Over the years women have always been told what they should and should not wear. Even in the current year of 2019 women are still held to a stigma that they should not wear things...
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Catcalling is not a Compliment, it’s Harassment
By Brittany Soto Since our center has been promoting the “Meet us on The Street” event all throughout this week, focusing on the issues of gender-based street harassment, I wanted to turn my attention...
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The Vanity Myth of Makeup
By Christina Terrell There should be no shame in doing something that makes you feel comfortable in your own skin. One of the latest trends that has taken the beauty community by storm has been the...
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