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The Daily Free Press

The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: It is time to stop responding to women’s complaints, fears with ‘not all men’

Meredith Varner March 18, 2021
If you are a man, you need to actively contribute to making the world a safer and better place for women. It is not enough to simply say you will not partake in the behaviors that end with us getting attacked or killed. You cannot be a bystander.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gaming the System: Behind closed doors, esports perpetuate sexual assault

Nick Speranza March 17, 2021
Esports and video games are a great thing, and their communities have the potential to reflect that even more. However, they demonstrate with particular clarity the systemic factors that facilitate an epidemic of sexual assault. They are the same factors that plague our world outside of gaming, including our own lives as Boston University students.
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.
Meredith Varner

American Protest: Why is a man in a skirt so upsetting?

Meredith Varner December 1, 2020
If you think a man wearing a skirt is enough to destroy an entire society, then it must be a very fragile society to begin with.
Angela Ao/DFP STAFF

EDITORIAL: The coronavirus pandemic afflicts workplace disparities

Editors October 8, 2020
While we are all struggling through the monotonous yet unpredictable lifestyle that comes with the pandemic, we must not forget that oppression still holds prominence in our society. And we would be foolish to believe that it has not gotten worse.
BURSTEIN: I learned to be a better feminist from "Real Housewives"

BURSTEIN: I learned to be a better feminist from “Real Housewives”

Sarah Burstein November 3, 2016

I’m just going to come out and say it: I am a shameless fan of Bravo’s “Real Housewives” series. I watch it with a bowl of popcorn in front of me, and allow myself just that one hour to get lost...

NGAI: Women and Choice

NGAI: Women and Choice

Robin Ngai November 14, 2014

Choice is a tricky word, one filled with power and sacrifices. We make choices every day that we barely even think about. Should I drink green tea or peach passion tea? Should I start that term paper or...

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