Women’s History Month has been observed in the United States in March for decades, its date unchanging. But as this month ...
Friends and colleagues, Johanna Maes and Elena Sandoval-Lucero, found they were often looking for a tool to use in their classes that could aid in grappling with the provocative and often painful ...
If someone were to randomly ask me, “What are you?" I’d think they were asking me about my race—I’m Filipino and white, but those aren’t the only aspects of my identity that define me as a person. I’m ...
Intersectionality. Intersectional feminism. These are phrases you may have heard, either on the news or from your local politicians. Though these terms have become commonplace over the last few years, ...
The term intersectionality gets thrown around a lot by progressives and conservatives alike. I’ve seen conservatives use intersectionality to describe what they see as some kind of mythical new caste ...
Visitor: Sophy, what is the future of humanity? #SOPHYGRAY: I see that the future will be feminist. We will all be feminist. In an era marked by fervent discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) ...
In November 2015, the National Women’s Studies Association endorsed a broad boycott resolution calling not only for a boycott of Israeli universities but also for the “boycott, divestment and ...
I’m a former English professor, so I’m familiar with the jargon literary theorists often use—aporia, hermeneutics, deconstruction, and the French différance, a favorite word of the impenetrable ...
A lot of articles have been published lately — and rightly so — on the topic of white feminism and just how counterproductive it is to the feminist movement and the social, political, and economic ...