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Small step for Prada, giant leap for feminism | Data Driven

Sarah Datta November 29, 2023
NASA's partnership with Prada to design new space suits is a progressive step for women and gender-nonconforming individuals in STEM.
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.
Yvonne Tang | Senior Graphic Artist

Michelle Yeoh’s Oscar win paves the way for greater things to come

Michelle Tian March 23, 2023
When Michelle Yeoh held up that golden statue with an enormous smile, it was finally proof that we could be storytellers. We could be symbols for opportunities and second chances. 
Unpacking the Desire for Prestige | Is It OK If I Record?

Unpacking the Desire for Prestige | Is It OK If I Record?

Angela Yang October 3, 2021

As Sarah and Angela continue to explore why prestige is so desirable, the two reflect on how their high school experiences shaped their initial attitudes toward college — causing them to place...

Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

Let Your Hair Down: Modern society prompts people toward addiction

Hannah Bohn April 12, 2021
We need to consider the broader influences of addiction instead of just the individual choices.
Alexia Nizhny/DFP STAFF

A Room With a View: Ancient Greece and Italy share hospitality and xenophobia

Antonia Lehnert April 12, 2021
Before being hosted in someone’s home, one should feel welcomed in their country first.
Yvonne Tang/DFP STAFF

Burning Out: David Dobrik demonstrates how abusers hide in plain sight

Yvonne Tang March 8, 2021
Beyond the world of Dobrik and his Vlog Squad, we need to learn that abusers aren’t always what we stereotype — shady characters who wear a trench coat or live as social outcasts. Abusers can be funny, popular or even kind.
Boston-based Director Thato Rantao Mwosa’s “Memoirs of a Black Girl.” The coming-of-age film was featured in the Boston Globe’s Black History Month Film Festival. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

Roxbury coming-of-age film celebrating Black girlhood featured in Boston Globe film festival

Ramsey Khalifeh February 10, 2021
The Boston Globe's "Black History Month Film Festival" featured Thato Rantao Mwosa's "Memoirs of a Black Girl" — a coming-of-age film made to be representative of Mwosa's students in Roxbury.
Boston University students Lara Werneck and Yiran Yu created Migration Tales — a website that showcases migrants’ stories and addresses stereotypes about immigrants. ILLUSTRATION BY HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

BU students seek to amplify migrant voices, defeat stereotypes through new site

Rachel Do January 25, 2021
The new online story-sharing platform “migration tales," led by co-presidents and BU students Yiran Yu and Lara Werneck, aims to eliminate stereotypes and prejudice about migrants, create empathy and foster inclusivity through storytelling.
WILSHERE: Unpacking the myth of the cool girl

WILSHERE: Unpacking the myth of the cool girl

Meredith Wilshere October 1, 2017

It’s not like we haven’t heard the stories or know the description — Gillian Flynn‘s book “Gone Girl” paints an accurate portrait in one well-written monologue. Tove Lo sings about the nonchalant...

BHATIA: India and China need to destigmatize mental health, increase access to treatment

BHATIA: India and China need to destigmatize mental health, increase access to treatment

Jahnavi Bhatia March 21, 2017

I recently watched a Bollywood movie called “Dear Zindagi” with two of my white, American friends. As much as they loved the movie, their first question to me was, “Is mental illness really that...

FONTANA: Women are crazy, men are stupid

Daily Free Press Admin April 24, 2013

There’s a theorem that has yet to fail me in life. Or rather, it has yet to fail me since I realized its existence all those semesters ago when I was just a young, impressionable freshman living in the...

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