[in]Visible Magazine

Dominatrix and female mastermind, Irene Adler, is known as the most famous woman in the Sherlock Holmes stories. How has this character fared in recent adaptations of Arthur Conan Doyle’s source material?

Breaking society’s hold: a look into the effects of young girls’ creation of beauty blogs on the female psyche.

Lady Gaga has quickly become a worldwide pop phenomenon, but how? This article examines the effect of Gaga’s empowering messages on her acquisition of fame.

How are females portrayed in Young Adult literature? Meg Roy takes a closer look at the Hunger Games and explores the difference between being branded “strong female character”—or just a strong character.

For years it has puzzled writer Daysha Edewi as to why her hair has always ended up as the topic of discussion. “It’s just my hair,” she found herself wanting to scream as people continued to pet her like some poodle, but sadly in our society, for African-American women, it is not just hair, it […]