Emilie Gonzalez | PantherNOW Staff The entire month of March is Women’s History Month, which honors the contributions that women have within society. On Thursday, March 13 at 2 p.m. a virtual Zoom event will be taking place in celebration of Women’s History Month. The event is the Virgil and Joann Smith Thought Leaders Forum […]
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 […]
Eduardo Alvarez/ Contributing Writer Instead of choosing one great woman, I picked the story of Patria, Dedé, Minerva, and María Teresa Mirabal; four Dominican sisters – three of whom died fighting Rafael Trujillo’s dictatorship. Born in a middle-class rural neighborhood in Salcedo, Dominican Republic, the sisters soon became involved in political resistance to Trujillo’s […]
Brea Jones/ Staff Writer As a black girl, it’s hard growing up and constantly being told about your faults — whether they were truly yours or just a stereotype created by media. For years, African American women have been constantly put down and underrated by society. In an online survey, students on BBC were asked […]
Belen Sassone/ Staff Writer After a Toronto police officer told college women that they shouldn’t dress like sluts if they wanted to prevent sexual assault, a movement began. The SlutWalk aimed to show that victim blaming and name calling are unacceptable. Thousands of angry people—men and women alike—marched the streets. Since then, the SlutWalk has […]
Heather O’Dell // Staff Writer Amanda Lorenzo, a junior studying logistics, played softball her whole life and said she felt she never got the credit a baseball player would get. “We do the same thing,” said Lorenzo. “We play just as hard, we’re dedicated just as much time, and we get just as less of […]
Adrianne Richardson, Contributing Writer Whether you who know that March is Women’s History Month, or if you just don’t care to reverence it, it is important to recognize the importance of this month, established only 26 years ago. Women are the mothers of all the people that walk this planet but before they were treated […]
