“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.
As I write this essay, in approximately one week, I will be moved into my college dorm and ready to start my first classes in a new state away from the comfort of my parents, my home, and the place I grew up. As a first-generation college student, this whole
During this past summer, I was given the amazing opportunity to work as a volunteer at Lincoln Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center, the busiest in the Northeast region. I was fortunate to have worked in the emergency department. Throughout the six weeks, I shadowed and helped Patient Care Associates,
“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
Mama is the strongest woman I know. I’ve always called her my role model, my supermom, and my lifeline. My relationship with Mama started on a rough patch. She was barely at home, and if she was, she always nagged me to study for school or read books. As a