Hennessy Sepulveda | Staff Writer To celebrate 103 years of the ratification of the 19th amendment, FIU’s Women’s Center hosted the Women’s Equality Day anniversary on Friday, Aug. 25. The celebration took place at Barnes & Noble at the Modesto Maidique Campus, where the Women’s Center supplied attendees with free sandwiches, popcorn chicken and fruit. […]
Hayley Serpa/Staff Writer Picture this. You are scrolling through your social media, not looking for anything in particular, and the majority of advertisements on your screen feature women in their twenty-somethings. This might not stand out to you and honestly, your brain has probably become accustomed to primarily seeing women in their late teens or […]
Anjuli Castano/Contributing Writer Powerful women have existed since the dawn of mankind. Yet to some, the image of a femme leader is still an anomoly; a distant figure miraged by the thick steam of pervasive misogyny. Confidence in women is represented in many ways, never forgetting the powerful and illusive femme sexualtity. Some base merit […]
Jordan Coll/Staff Writer If we branch out and consider all the social issues that exist today, I feel feminism would be at the upmost top of this fight for social justice. Feminism takes a strong stance on liberating women from the patriarchal influence of men in various mediums of everyday life. This means redefining what […]
Some women are die-hard, self-proclaimed feminists who fight for every injustice women face. Others feel that by calling themselves feminists, they are misandrists or have to give up their femininity or traditional place in life as a domestic goddess in an effort to fight the patriarchy. As with any group, there are stereotypes that have […]
By Nelida Insua-Coelho Out of the six percent of vegans in the country, seventy-nine percent of American vegans are women, according to the website HowStuffWorks. The site goes into detail of how co-hosts of plant based podcast, “V is for Veganism,” Emilie Aries and Bridget Todd break down the statistics of veganism both in the United […]
Jacquelyn Hurtado/ Contributing Writer On Jan. 28, the 60th Grammy Awards aired, starting off with an abundance of support for the Time’s Up movement and the Me Too campaign. Celebrities wore white roses to demonstrate female empowerment and equality. Everything seemed to radiate hope and progression towards a less male-dominated mentality – that is until the […]
The word “feminism,” obviously derives from “female,” but feminist thought and the feminist movement are not restricted to women. Men can be feminists. In the same way that white people can fight for equal rights for minorities and people of color and humans can fight to end makeup testing on rabbits, being a part of […]
