“I am a man with no power, does that make me a woman?” (Barbie, 2023) This striking observation in Barbie highlights the profound inequality between genders and how society has long equated powerlessness with being a woman. The limitation of being a woman labeled female to be incapable and helpless.
Trad Wife. This phrase has been the subject of much controversy on social media platforms, with the recent controversies surrounding influencers such as Ballerina Farm, a woman who makes content about her life as a “traditional” stay at home mother of eight children. A Trad Wife can be explained as
The Plague, by Albert Camus, tells the story of a fictional plague running rampant within Oran, a coastal city in North Africa, and its impact on the city’s residents. Residents of Oran begin struggling to cope amid the situation as their entire way of life is uprooted by the onslaught
Every Asian American I have ever met has shared one or more of these similarities: growing up with ethnic foods, slowly forgetting our native speech, or bonding with friends about our overbearing family dynamics. Occasionally, I’ll meet a third-, fourth-, or even fifth-generation kid who can’t relate, but they too
“Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.” – Virginia Woolf The experiences of women have been intertwined throughout history with strands of resistance to restrictive laws and repressive social norms. Women
The phrase “American Experiment” denotes the determination of English colonies who participate in unprecedented and valiant efforts to advance their society on the principles of self-governance, liberty, and justice. During the early settlers and the Founding Fathers’ pursuit of establishing both a society and a governing document – outlining their
When Roe vs Wade was overturned—giving states the ability to regulate or ban abortion—women announced on social media they were going on a sex strike, encouraging other women to do the same. A Twitter user posted, “We will not have sex with any man—including our husbands—unless we are trying to
My reading group’s name was “Youth Voices In Modern Society”. The reading group was hosted by Oscar and me, and was held for one week over Zoom. We discussed topics such as police reform, immigration, education reform, and civil rights. With each topic we had specific texts to foster conversations