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The Independent Student Newspaper at Boston University.

The Daily Free Press

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Liza Berdykulova | Graphic Artist

And the Oscar goes to…your binge list: Six Academy Award-nominated movies to watch

Ananya Swaroop February 26, 2025
The anticipation around Oscar Day is high, so here is just the thing for you to get over the jitters — an Oscars binge list. This guide has some of the best movies of 2024 — from visually stunning sci-fi epics to exciting dramas and musical masterpieces.
Elijah Chacko | Graphic Artist

Final girl | Final Girl

Kiana Aftahi October 25, 2023
The "final girl" trope occupies a precarious place between sexism and feminism, perpetuating negative stereotypes about what makes a women worthy of survival, while also providing countless heroines to be looked up to and admired
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Ladies, it’s time to stop saying sorry

Analise Bruno September 13, 2023
I’ve found lately that there is actually a point where you can apologize too much —- and this is something especially prevalent among women.
Haley Alvarez-Lauto | Senior Graphic Artist

Scientific sexism | Final girl

Kiana Aftahi April 11, 2023
The idea that women are worse at spatial tasks, more emotional or any sexist prejudice is the status quo in our world. Researchers internalize these stereotypes and conduct studies to justify them, which calls into question the validity of their methodology altogether. 
Sophia Flissler / DFP Staff

Redefining Love: Why some men do not show emotion

marenamosher February 16, 2022
However, there is still hope for those men who can find their way back to their emotional selves and rethink the stigma that has surrounded them. We should make more of an effort to understand the men who were injured psychologically, rather than judge them.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Wear Me This: Even catsuits aren’t tight enough to keep out the male gaze

Sujena Soumyanath December 6, 2021
The re-emergence of the catsuit advertises a glamorous solution to the patriarchy, but in actuality may provide a little less than its glossy veneer.
Smaran Ramidi / DFP Staff

EDITORIAL: Colleges do not ‘have a guy problem’ – despite what The Atlantic wants you to think

Editors November 11, 2021
Recent news coverage on the decline of male enrollment in college may speak more to societal anxieties about the increased educational access for women and people of color than provide any substantial insight of the gender divide in this country.
Yvonne Tang / DFP Staff

Don’t be a Hypocrite: Your Astrology hate is rude

Viktoria Popovska November 4, 2021
Not everyone needs to like or even believe in astrology — but certain people's virulent hatred of it reveals other, deeper rooted beliefs that are important to analyze.
Alexia Nizhny / DFP Staff

Gaming the System: Sexist workplace culture in game development runs deep

Nick Speranza September 16, 2021
The culture within gaming companies needs to be overhauled, and the burden of fixing these issues rests on all of us. 
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: ‘Shadow and Bone’ gives a refreshing take on powerful women

Meredith Varner April 28, 2021
We need more three-dimensional female characters in TV and less “damsel in distress” tropes.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: The lack of gender equality in health care is life-threatening

Meredith Varner April 16, 2021
My body and right to health care are dictated by far too many people.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Gender Justice: Lived experience does not invalidate a journalist

Meredith Varner April 12, 2021
Do not further alienate female journalists because we have been victims of mistreatment and abuse.
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