As my last post with QC Voices, I thought I would end on a note that summarized what I’m all about. I love to write, I always have something to say, I’m politically active, I always have something to say, I like to sing, and I care very much about empowering women. For those of […]
As you all hopefully know, Hillary Rodham Clinton, recently announced that she is running for president as a democratic candidate for our country, the United States of America. All I can think is, wouldn’t it be great to have our first woman president? I can’t seem to think there would be anything wrong with it, […]
“Excuse me miss, but you look really beautiful.” Now that’s how you compliment a woman. A couple of days ago when I was going through some drama with a friend, someone on the QC quad stopped me to say just that, and it kind of made my day. It was so simple, without asking for […]
So after posting about the misrepresentation of feminism in my last post, I got some feedback from friends: “You barely touched on what contemporary feminism is – you just wrote about what ideals it should represent.” “Are gender equality and feminism the same thing? I mean, if feminists are just promoting equality between the […]
Feminism isn’t a new ideology…and it isn’t exactly uncontroversial either. But Patricia Arquette’s recent Oscar acceptance speech and its backlash brought
R E S P E C T Find out what it means to me. It means: equality. Feminism, it’s a scary word: why? Because a lot people assume that comes with man-hating. Do I hate men? Quite the contrary, I just dislike that as a woman, I am not always offered the same opportunities […]
