*Trigger Warning: Sexually Explicit Content “To be clear: My experience in porn has been nothing but supportive, exciting, thrilling and empowering.” With that statement in her interview with XOJane, the Duke University student, with an active career as a porn star, made jaws drop. Her story is every tabloid magazine’s dream: a female student at an elite […]
Read More Porn Stars Have Rights Too“Once there was a girl named Mathangi, let’s call her Maya. Maya grew up on Temple Road in a tough town called Jaffna, where she learned to sing and dodge the bullets of soldiers who sometimes shot out the windows of her school. She knew her father was a freedom fighter for people who could […]
Read More M.I.A. Goes Straight for the JugularThis week, I am going to dedicate my quick hit to a truly inspiring individual. The person (who I will keep anonymous) sent me this message three days ago:
Read More Quick Hit: Female Empowerment: Paying it ForwardIt’s only day 4 of the Sochi Winter Olympic Games yet, shit is already hitting the fan, recklessly spinning through the air at supersonic speed, and hitting society in the face. Urine-colored toxic tap water, Russia’s new “homosexual propaganda” law, life-life-threatening snowboarding courses, melting snow …Sochi is off to a great start!! All sarcasm aside, the 2014 Winter […]
Read More Sochi = Sexism?While everyone is blabbing about the Miley Cyrus’s, the “big” pop star names, and the so-called “feminists” of our generation that are dominating the media’s attention, I would like to take some time to point the spotlight toward other, relatively unexplored, views held by contemporary artists—such as, Krewella’s Jahan Yousef.
Read More Making Feminism “GET WET”Genre-bending. Revolutionary. Provocative. Fearless. Mustaches. These words are the first of many that pop into my head when I hear the name “CocoRosie.” CocoRosie, music duo formed by sisters Sierra and Bianca Casady, is known for its boundary-pushing and groundbreaking music. The Casady sisters have broken every rule in the book since they hit the […]
Read More Slapping a Mustache on the Music WorldJust recently, Cosmopolitan released an article that caused quite a stir. My Facebook newsfeed was blowing up with heated discussion for the entire week that it was published, and with good reason. In one of their most recent issues, Cosmo put out an article about Robyn Lawley and her swimwear clothing line. The magazine labeled […]
Read More Quick Hit: Plus Size Model Caused a PLUS-SIZE Controversy
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