Selena Gomez, What Are You Doing?

Selena Gomez, what are you doing?

For those of you who don’t know, Selena Gomez recently came out with a new song, “Come and Get It,” where her EDM-inspired pop music is layered over traditional sounding Indian music. Her actions … Read More

Women in Music: What Do Rihanna and Yoko Ono Have in Common?

In most situations in the world, women are held to unachievable double-standards—to be a virgin but always willing to have sex, to be sexy but never considered slutty, and to never be needy but always answer to men. It has … Read More

Why Are Girls Given Dolls, And What Else Can We Learn From Toys?

I have a memory of being on a talk show about toys as a child. For most of the show, a group of children and I sat at one side of the room blurting out sporadic comments while the host … Read More

Toxic Pinning: Is Social Media the New Frontier For Fat-Shaming?

Social media is one of my top five favorite things. I’m on Facebook and Tumblr multiple times a day, and Pinterest is a relatively new hobby. I love having access to my friends and new people while putting my … Read More

Disney Sexes Up Brave’s Merida Before Letting Her in the Princess Club

On May 11th, 2013, Merida will become Disney’s 11th ‘official’ Princess.

Well, first of all, she’s already a princess. They call her a princess about a hundred times in the movie. So, this whole ‘induction’ as a Disney Princess can … Read More

How Internet Activism is Slamming Rush Limbaugh (And Other Awesome Things)

Think you can’t sit on your butt and make a difference in the world? Think again! As shown with the recent boycott against Rush Limbaugh and the networks that are broadcasting his show, people really can make a difference by … Read More

5 Signs You Should Stop Reading That Magazine

Reading a magazine seems like an easy, carefree way to pass the time. There’s always a plethora of them to choose from whether you are at the checkout at the grocery store or waiting for your hair to dry at … Read More

Dove’s “Real Beauty” Sketches Provoke Real Controversy

Dove sets out to redefine beauty with the latest installment of their Campaign for Real Beauty.

“Real Beauty Sketches,” a video released last week shows an experiment to see how women view themselves. In the video, women sit beside … Read More

Is Pornography Hijacking the Bedroom?

As part of research for speech and debate oratory last year, I did a lot of research on the topic of pornography, and before long I felt like an expert. I quickly became known as the “Porn Girl” among my … Read More

Rabbit Food Questions: Why Female Celebrities Need to be Respected

As we are all painfully aware, the comings and goings of celebrities of all skill levels are kindly chronicled for us in various publications both online and in hard copy, and even down the sides of revision websites used by … Read More

Disapproving of Diversity: Why This Wall Street Journal Article is So, So Wrong

EDITOR’S NOTE: This letter is, as of now, unpublished by the Wall Street Journal—and as the author assumes it never will be published by them, she has asked us to present her counter-argument here.

In response to David Feith, The … Read More

Nick News and Feminism: What Do Teenagers Think of the F-Word?

Hidden among the episodes of All That, Hey Arnold and Are You Afraid of The Dark?, there was one show that addressed real issues in a way that kept kids interested: Nick News with Linda Ellerbee. It was the only … Read More