1. This is how he breaks you down: He assures you every woman has thought about it at least once, like suicide and same-sex sex. Like fire retardants, you keep your soul inside a glass box to break in case of emergencies. He is the hammer that strikes the blow. 2. He never smiles […]
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I think it’s safe to say that many of us can appreciate the artistic sensibility of the powerhouse that is ’90s Alanis Morissette, but sometimes there’s only so many shrouded metaphors one can take. Allow me to introduce you to New York native Rorie Kelly, the Alanis Morissette of sensical lyrics. Rorie comes at you […]
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This month at Germ we’re embracing our passions. Being female, a lot of things are harder to come by — equal pay, control over my own body, general respect, etc. — but one thing that shouldn’t have to be a challenge is pursuing my passion and ultimate goal of being a writer. Obviously, I’m ahead […]
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The #GamerGate campaign has made multiple news headlines, but it can be somewhat difficult to understand. For many video game players, the topic is a polarizing subject. So what’s it about, and how did it begin? As an avid gamer, I wanted to find out. It turns out that the movement formed at the expense of […]
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This article is part of a series of women’s college features written by L. N. Holmes. The last article featured Scripps College. Located in the third largest city in Pennsylvania, Cedar Crest College’s community continues to thrive. In a time where other women’s colleges are facing decisions like becoming co-educational or closing their doors forever, President […]
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“What if we gave the average woman the opportunity to partner with women who have been rescued from human trafficking?” — Free the Girls Co-Founder Dave Terpstra I recently read a staggering statistic that nearly 35 million people are enslaved in the world today — not just women, but men and children as well. This modern day […]
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Welcome back to another installment of Badass Ladies in History! Today, I am extremely excited and honored to introduce you to one of the most badass ladies I’ve come across in a long while. Born sometime in the early 1200s, our spotlight lady did some crazy damage in her day, becoming the Sultan of Egypt […]
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You’ve heard of Harvard, Stanford, and maybe even Ohio State University (Go Bucks!), but do you know about the oldest women’s college in the nation? It was established in 1772 by a group of women who walked over 500 miles from Pennsylvania to North Carolina. They entertained an idea that was radical for their […]
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When you enter your twenties, the daunting feeling you’ve always had about age and generation gaps begins to blend. For example, Lena Dunham, the twenty-eight-year-old writer of Girls, would seem so much older and so much more superior if I were sixteen; but, now, being twenty-three, I realize that, technically, we are of the same […]
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