By Kayla Cheung Since its inception in 1986, Women’s History Month has been an important time for the United States to recognize women’s achievements in all fields, despite sexist societal odds. Thirty-five year later, more of such sentiments emerge across the globe, amplifying the change to reflect on trailblazing women. Changes in society materialized on…
By Fabiha Faruque On September 18, America came to face the advent of shock and mourning after news broke out of a tragic loss. Long-time Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg had passed away from pancreatic cancer at the golden age of 87. Standing at 5’ 1’’, she had been one of the most remarkable…
By Vanessa Falcon Controversy and drama follow the lead actress and the producers of Captain Marvel—a new Marvel movie starring Brie Larson to be released on March 8th. The hate towards the movie was so horrible, it reached the point where Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic had to disable their feature to review movies before their…
By Ericka Miller History has always been an all-boys club that denies any sort of female achievement to become recognized. And so, from the beginning of time, historians overlook women and erase the female point of view from the history books. Stories of great women throughout time are airbrushed out by men trying to paint…
By Daylin Delgado Women oppress women. Time and time again, pseudo feminists will bash men, and yell at them for what they consider to be the oppression of women. Men aren’t the only ones who seem to benefit from the gender inequality. They’re also only part of the blame for women’s oppression. It’s an often…
By Devin Dubon 2017 has been a year filled with controversy and tragedy, mass shootings and suicide bombers, political upheavals both domestic and worldwide. Every month has seen dozens of new stories breaking and information being revealed, and the consequence of which is that they are quickly forgotten – receiving only a few days in…
By Cesar Zafra Widely known for her role as a Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter series, Emma Watson delivered an inspirational speech representing the United Nations in New York to launch the HeForShe campaign. The campaign aims to urge one billion men and boys to become advocates for the inequalities that females face every…
By Carina Vo FCKH8, a for-profit organization driven by a number of social causes, recently released a video entitled “F-BOMBS FOR FEMINISM: Potty Mouthed Princesses Use Bad Word For Good Cause”, which featured a handful of young girls doing just that: dropping “f-bombs” in the name of feminism, instead calling phrases like “be pretty” and…
It’s been a big year for women empowerment.