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Lana del Rey’s American Tragedy

Lana del Rey isn’t real. Or so goes the rally cry of hipsters across the country, complaining that the stage persona of singer Elizabeth Grant is entirely synthetic, designed by corporate masterminds in the music industry to make money off of her beauty, sultry voice, and her ability to appeal to an American consumerist mindset. […]

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A “War” on Just “Women”? : Shifting Political Dialogue Regarding Reproductive Rights

With Nancy Pelosi having recently visited Scripps campus to speak about her experiences as a woman in politics, I cannot help but recall the congresswoman’s remarks regarding abortion. As an adamant supporter of Planned Parenthood and “women’s rights,” Pelosi appears to have my best interests in mind as a cisgendered young woman. However, her advocacy […]

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International Women’s Day

The Charter of the United Nations, signed in 1945, was the first international agreement to politically affirm the principle of equality between women and men. Since then, the UN has made a commitment to the advancement of the status of women worldwide. After the women’s labor movements at the turn of the twentieth century in […]

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Cultural Dimensions of Personal Space

For the first few weeks of my study abroad experience in Salamanca, Spain, even amidst a whirlwind of orientation activities, I found it relatively easy to forget that I was living in a different country—an entirely different continent, even—from the one in which I’d previously spent my entire life. Of course, I don’t pass as […]

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Navigating Feminism in the Workplace

As I entered my first job, I was afraid of dropping the “F-bomb” and revealing my identity as a feminist. I wasn’t sure how my opinions would be received and whether they even had a place in the workplace. As the days went by, I met my supervisor and interacted with my (mostly male) peers. […]

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How Much is Your Vagina Really Costing You? The Tampon Tax and Gender Price Discrimination

  Walking down the hall of almost any Scripps dorm, you’ll notice a bowl of condoms and occasionally a few remaining packs of lubricant sitting on a table. These items, provided by our RAs, are considered a necessity to our health, as protected-sex should be. However, at our college, there is no free or paid […]

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Talking to Your Family About Feminism This Holiday Season

  For some of us, the holidays are “the most wonderful time of the year.” But for many, the holidays also entail a certain amount of anxiety, fear of the heated political conversations that will inevitably occur over Thanksgiving dinner about why exactly Trump may not just be the best political candidate for President, or […]

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Asexual Feminism, Feminist Asexuality

Happy Asexual Awareness Week, to those reading this on or before Sunday, October 25th! Asexuality is a sexual orientation defined by the absence of sexual attraction to others… but you likely already know that, and if you don’t, I refer you to the resources list below. For this article I’d like to go a step […]

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Let Your Flow Go

Periods: that pesky little red friend who likes to knock on your door once a month just to say hello, a friendly reminder that all is going good up in there. But sometimes we wish this friend would just keep to her own business, stop showing up unexpectedly and making a mess all over our […]

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The Limit Does Not Exist: Gun Violence and Our Endless “Enough”

I had a different post prepared for today. Then there was another school shooting, this time at Umpqua Community College in Oregon. As of this writing, 10 people were killed. At once, Twitter filled with outpourings of grief and outrage. People asked when we, as a nation, would finally decide that enough was enough. That […]

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