Hi, I’m your regular, everyday feminist. I’m the one who makes you only occasional uncomfortable by reminding you that several …
News Flash: Women Are Human! We Grow Hair Too
I don’t know when the idea that women are born shiny, smooth, and hairless came to be, but it is …
Congresswoman Occasio-Cortez Shuts Down GOP Misogyny
Immediately before New York Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was about to be sworn into Congress as the youngest woman ever elected …
Feminism Includes Native American Women
Now, don’t get me wrong. I love feminism. But sometimes, we forget about the fact that our intersectional feminism means intersectional. And …
Why Academics Won’t Take Feminist Theory Seriously
I’m a student of International Relations, a rather broad, multidisciplinary major where social, economic and political theories of all types …
Willful Ignorance
when you are handed glasses, do not intentionally remove them the glasses may show you horrific scenes- blood, death, war, …
Why I Tell My Sexual Assault Story
My story isn’t an uncommon one, unfortunately. I was seven or eight, there was an older, trusted family member, it …
Christian Pakistani Woman Convicted For Blasphemy Face Possible Death Sentence
In the summer of 2009 in Sheikhupura, Punjab, 44-year-old Asia Bibi trekked to bring water for her farmers. The ease …
Always Meet Your (Feminist) Heroes
When Deborah Frances-White announced she had written a book and that the book tour would come to my hometown, I …
Depressed Brown Women Stuck Up In A Castle
“Hand me my anti-depressants, Zaina,” my aunt whispers with immense struggle, her voice cracking at every syllable. I hand her …