Sia Amma: A One Woman Show
Kaila Taylor
April 15, 2018
The streets were a perfect balance of calm and chaotic, the air was cold, and the sound of a new apartment complex being built echoed throughout the shaded street. Sia Amma’s hair salon, Best Hair Braiding Salon, is in the middle of it all. Amma was a feminist to say the least; in every sense of the word...
In Search of the Right Label: The Feminism Story
Meira Gebel
April 22, 2015
"Calendar Girl" courtesy of AK Rockefeller via Flickr It is 1968. Women gather at the Atlantic City Boardwalk for the Miss America Pageant, furious and fed up with the stereotypical ideals of beauty for women in society. The women scream, they chant, and, hell, they even throw their fists in the ai...
Interview: Amber Gordon, founder of Femsplain
Catherine Uy
April 17, 2015
Image courtesy of Femsplain Femsplain is a online platform where women and anyone female-identified can tell their stories. Launched in 2014 by Amber Gordon, the site has become a safe space and community for women to share their thoughts. Each month the website publishes a variety of articles that r...
Feminism is for men too
Farnoush Amiri
October 7, 2014
For a long period of time, the only people who spoke out about the cause of equality for women through the establishment and defending of equal political, cultural, economical, and social rights for women were feminists and activists. In the past decade, however, female celebrities like Beyonce, Shai...
