The Word “Just”

Leave a comment

By Kelcie McKenney

On a recent lunch break I was scanning my usual reads, skimming articles while munching on my sandwich, when I came across an article that turned my head upside-down and around a few times.

“Google and Apple alum says using this one word can damage your credibility.” Published on Business Insider and originally written by Ellen Petry Leanse on Linkedin, the article dove into Leanse’s realization of how overused the word “just” is by women in the work place.

Photo by Felix Russell-Saw

Continue reading →

The Inequality of “Guy”

Leave a comment

By Lauren Cutshall

There are many things I could point out as being unfair differences between genders. For one, the ability for men to go into almost any public restroom and not face a line of people and five minute wait time will forever keep me envious.

Yet one of the more crucial differences deals, in some part, with self-identity. Everyday, we use words to describe what’s around us and what we are thinking and feeling. Most importantly, we use words to describe ourselves.

Continue reading →

No One Feels Beautiful in a Strip Mall Parking Lot

Leave a comment

By Shelby Heinrich

I want to talk about something that’s been talked about a million times, but still continues to be an issue. It’s an issue and an experience that I’m pretty sure nearly all women in the U.S. and countless other countries encounter daily. And in fact, it is in a way the namesake of this blog: catcalling.

Not just catcalling in itself, but all forms of street harassment directed at women. From the “smile, beautiful” to the “damn, mami, your ass so fine” all the way to following someone on the street without consent and the infliction of violence. It’s all shitty. It’s all wrong, and we all know it. We’ve all experienced it. And if for any reason you have not, due to your gender or anything otherwise, you should consider yourself very lucky.

Photo by Samuel Foster

Continue reading →

Sexualizing Women

Leave a comment

By Nicolette Clairmont

This article was originally a response by the author to an unsavory post on Reddit on the sexualization of women.

Have you ever seen images in a documentary of African bushmen and their tribes? Where the women are able to walk around topless and no one gives a shit? Why do you think that is? Because the cultural mindset of those tribes does not view women as sexualized objects, therefore their exposure is not cause for any arousal.

Photo by Frankie Cordoba

 

Continue reading →