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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Jodi Tang | Graphic Artist

Skirts over pants and the subversive genius of unsexy clothing | Wear Me This

Sujena Soumyanath March 18, 2025

The internet still remembers when Ashley Tisdale showed up to the 2005 premiere of the Disney flick “Ice Princess.”  Wearing a gold-sequined miniskirt over blue jeans and carrying a clutch resembling...

Emma Clement | Graphics Editor

An ode to Audrey Hepburn | It’s All Been Done Before

Erica Schwartz March 5, 2025
Hepburn was a style icon for what she specifically wore, but I think she was even more iconic for wearing what she wanted without any regret.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

The future is (hyper)feminine: How hyperfeminine fashion styles are changing gender politics

Erica Schwartz September 10, 2024

Let’s set the scene: A Victoria’s Secret bombshell bra peeks out of a hot pink tracksuit with “Juicy” written in sparkling letters across the rear. Orange fake tan rubs off on a latex pink bodycon...

Alexia Nizny/DFP STAFF

Dear Men: No one should tell you what ‘masculinity’ looks like

Yvonne Tang January 25, 2021
We need to turn toward our own personal satisfaction with our gender expression, instead of lashing out at others for theirs. If you feel secure in your masculinity, don’t let anyone ever make you doubt it. Conversely, if another person is secure in their masculinity, you don’t get to question them about it.
Alexia Nizhny

Sincerely, Ally: Footwear can be a form of personal identity

Alexia Nizhny October 22, 2020
Acknowledging the nuance between vulnerability and power has been critical in regaining control over my footwear. I want to be in a place where heels are an accessory instead of an identity. I’ll get there one day, one step at a time.
Hannah Bohn

Let Your Hair Down: The presence of toxic masculinity

Hannah Bohn September 22, 2020
Society often resorts to pasting labels onto different kinds of people in an attempt to simplify human behavior and make uncomplicated explanations for things that are often difficult to understand.
NADEL:  Gendering issues reflected in language

NADEL: Gendering issues reflected in language

Olivia Nadel March 25, 2016

The most frustrating aspect, to me, about learning Spanish has been memorizing feminine and masculine nouns and adjectives. This is nothing new for many romance language speakers, but as a native English...

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