Dear Fourth Wave Feminists
A message to Fourth Wave Feminism:
This is how you are ruining my perception of men…
Tag: feminism
You Just Don’t Get It by Michael Pasley
Our street, Milwaukee Avenue, a place of happy couples. Everyone here is with someone else. Young men wearing bright colorful beanies laugh while strolling with pretty long-haired girls with perfect smiles and brand new Uggs. I love this weather. Light jacket weather. Hugged up on each other weather. Vaporous breath in the morning weather. When […]
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House with a Missing Mouth by Nazanin Soghrati
A woman can be a window. She can also be a door: that is the truth. My mother does not look people in the eye: that is the truth. Her head is always cast down in shame: that is the truth. Sorry precedes her every question: that is the truth. She fades like paper and […]
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Old Hollywood Spotlight: Natacha Rambova
Behind every great man is a great woman. That’s how the saying goes, right? If you read last month’s column, you know that Natacha Rambova was the second wife of the 1920s silent movie actor Rudolph Valentino. That role was not what defined her, however. She was a dancer, an actress, and an art designer […]
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TEEN READ WEEK: Author Amy S. Foster: We Need to Do Better with the Female Warrior Archetype
Earlier this year, I sat in a darkened theater, on the edge of a plush theater seat, my hand clutching at my heart as I watched the warriors. On the island of Themyscira, I saw these warriors do things I’ve never seen women do. Led by the indomitable Robin Wright, they didn’t fight like the […]
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Interview with Colleen Oakes — Author of the Wendy Darling Series
I recently had the opportunity to interview Colleen Oakes, author of the Wendy Darling and Queen of Hearts series, and pick her brain about all things writing, fairytales, and Peter Pan. Both series are wildly imaginative re-tellings of beloved, classic stories, and her writing centers around strong female characters — even when that strength is demonstrated in wildly different […]
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Old Hollywood Spotlight: Marlene Dietrich
As we have seen in the previous Old Hollywood posts, American cinema was slowly becoming diverse by featuring actors and actresses of various backgrounds. This month we look at the life and career of the German-American actress Marlene Dietrich, who was the first cinema star to challenge the idea of femininity in her personal and […]
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Equality, We’re Coming For Ya
On March 8th, social media platforms exploded with posts from all around the world in support of International Women’s Day, and what a beautiful sight it was to see the Internet sprawling with pictures of women’s rights movements from the generations before us, to see the hashtag #internationalwomensday captioning almost every post, and to see […]
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Poetic Tribute to a Badass Lady in History: Susan B. Anthony
Susan B. Anthony was arrested for illegally voting in the 1872 presidential election. At her trial, she insisted that it was her constitutional right as a United States citizen to vote. She was found guilty and was fined $100, which she refused to pay. Anthony was a successful teacher who left the profession and became […]
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