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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...

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Gender Justice: Time to unpack your internalized misogyny

Meredith Varner February 26, 2021
So many female celebrities get hate from other women for similarly arbitrary reasons, and it all comes from internalized misogyny. It is time to stop this ugly behavior of women tearing down other women and leave it behind in middle school.
Gender Justice: The pandemic revealed deep-rooted gender inequality persists

Gender Justice: The pandemic revealed deep-rooted gender inequality persists

Meredith Varner January 29, 2021
The disproportionate number of women currently out of work could potentially worsen the negative bias against professional women and working mothers.
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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.

EDIT: Let’s LEGO of gender stereotypes

Daily Free Press Admin February 3, 2014

A 7-year-old girl named Charlotte Benjamin penned out her frustrations on gender-stereotypes in a letter to LEGO this weekend. In the viral letter, Charlotte wrote, “I am 7-years-old and I love legos...

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