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Two Poems: Monica Wendel
By Monica Wendel Gilgo Beach We were so sick from dope my mom had to fly from New York to take care of...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Pulp Fiction
By Rebecca Miller The night is a prison for rainbows. Light-deprived prisms and spectrums of grey. Bowls of fake fruit as centerpieces And gift-wrapped sweets in corners...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: And We Sat: Violence against the Bodies of Diversity and Transparency (DAT) Student Movement at Syracuse University
By Farrell Greenwald Brenner The ultimate connection cannot be the enemy. The ultimate connection must be the need that we find between us. It is...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Love Rests in the Scream
By Brooklyn Payton Reflecting on the plethora of suggestive social justice images in conjunction with a continual meditative praxis on desired results of...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Divergence
By Brianna Suslovic You took me to my first protest when I was in the first grade, Mom, a peaceful affair outside the federal...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Buff, Black, Tattooed, and Feminist: On the Utility of a Bro-Feminist
By Marquis Bey A feminist friend of mine—a 4’10” queer white woman—jokingly mocks my “bro-ness,” that is to say, my proclivity to throw around weights...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Can the Side Chick Speak?: Side Chicks Re(Thot)
By Samantha Crook Now that the “year of the side chick” has come to a close, let’s resolve to have a more “thotful” side chick...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Two Poems by Ruth Corkill
By Ruth Corkill I Never Called You Lolita She’s a real glamour puss hmm. She doesn’t Just doodle around she actually Calls herself...
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Personal is Political: The Unbearable Hush of My Day Job
Though I declined the opportunity to speak face to face with my harasser, as I was afraid of being made to feel even more uncomfortable,...
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Personal is Political: Late Bloomer
Of course, “slut” was cloaked in phrases like “appropriate appearance” and “giving a professional impression.” Sitting across from this woman who obviously had not signed...
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Personal is Political: The Myth of Diversity and Critical Thinking in American Academia
American ideals about meritocracy and “pulling yourself up by your boot straps” are myths. They simply do not exist. Education in a capitalist system is...
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COLLEGE FEMINISMS: Step One: Show Skin, Step Two: Praise Talent: A Look at Scarlett Johansson and the Film Industry
By Megan Felder I’ve always loved movies. A lot. Romantic comedy, sci-fi, superhero action – you name it, I will watch it. Perhaps that’s why...
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Personal is Political: Daddy’s Little Bluebird, Daddy’s Little Girl
I hadn't known it then, but my only protector had died. And so did my childhood.
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Baby Gammy and the Problem of Women’s Labor
It is typically poor and/or women of color who bear the brunt of...contracted out reproductive labor. They bear the brunt of our burdens—we are parasitic...
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Love in a Time of Contingency: A Letter to Women’s and Gender Studies
I came to women’s and gender studies as many do: on a search for answers. Between the pages of Patricia Hill Collins and Gloria Anzaldúa,...
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Op-Ed: All the News Fit for White Men: Why Journalism is Failing America
By David Cuillier If you want to know what kinds of news Americans consume in their daily lives, just ask a white man. He probably picked...
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“Infiltrate What Exists, Innovate What Doesn’t”: Mentoring in the Academy, Leading By Example Part 2
In the second installment, I discuss scholarship and service, two components of a professional development portfolio that academic women often fall short because they are...
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“Infiltrate What Exists, Innovate What Doesn’t”: Mentoring in the Academy, Leading By Example Part 1
In her 2010 presidential address to the American Studies Association, Ruthie Wilson Gilmore invited us to “infiltrate what exists, innovate what doesn’t.” I achieved this...
