This summer, we were finally gifted with release of DC Comics’ Wonder Woman.  After years of producing superhero movies whose protagonists were predominantly male, the company decided to create a film featuring their most famous female powerhouse.  In what seems to be almost perfect timing given the results of a misogynist-leaning electio...

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In the world of fanfiction, the story isn’t over until the fans decide it is.  Fanfiction is a style of writing where the author takes a pre-existing movie, TV show, book, or even musical, and spins it how they want.  That can mean anything, like tweaking the plot, putting the story in an alternate universe, playing matchmaker with charac...

It seems like everyday we're facing choices we don't really want to make.  Just recently, I had to make a pretty important decision regarding my future: do I take an internship that wouldn’t allow me enough time to continue participating in a school activity I love, or do I keep my extracurricular and forego a potentially amazing experience?Pu...

The human mind is a funny thing.  For something that we’re supposed to have control over, it seems to control us.  Think about this: you plan an outfit in your head before you fall asleep, only to wake up and look in the mirror and realize you can’t pull it off.  Your mind told you that you could, and now it’s telling you that you ca...

There’s this beautiful painted picture of college game days — courtesy of freshman orientation leaders — that seems to infect incoming students with an ‘enthusiasm unknown to mankind.’  I remember daydreaming during orientation of what gameday would be like; there would be lots of tailgating, soft sunlight shining, a cool breeze blowing, and w...

For years, the idea was pushed that men were the only ones interested in playing video games.  Women and girls weren’t allowed, because they ‘wouldn’t like the game,’ ‘wouldn’t understand it,’ or ‘would never like it or be good at it anyways.’  And, for a while, this was true.  Women didn’t play videos games as often as men did, whic...

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Not-so-fun-fact: If you type ‘female athletes’ into Google search, the first results are lists of the ‘Top 50/100 Hottest Female Athletes.’Image viaThere could've been a million other posts to come up; it could've been Aly Raisman’s final floor routine as a two-time Olympic gymnast, or sprinter Allyson Felix’s grand total of two gold medals and one...

Have you ever felt a queasiness in your stomach after an interaction with a male where something about your exchange just didn’t sit right?  You feel violated.  You aren’t quite sure how to react or who you can talk to about the incident, especially if the man is your occupational superior.  You feel like whoever you tell may misunde...

It happened on a Sunday morning.He sat on my couch methodically tying his shoes.  I can still picture his sharp jawline, brow furrowed in concentration.  I knew this face well — it was his expression of intellectual curiosity.  I saw it when he would work on a paper across from me in the library or when philosophical thoughts rose to...

I often think about my first day in a college classroom my freshman year.  I vividly remember how strategic I was picking my seat in the back of the lecture hall, in the hopes of avoiding cheesey icebreakers and introductions.  As we went around the room with the basic name, major, and ‘three interesting facts about yourself’ spiel, I wat...

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Elaine Welteroth is championing a long-awaited, new and improved media diet for young women.  Her message?  'Don’t be eye candy. Be soul food.'Image viaWelteroth, the new Editor-in-Chief of Teen Vogue, is reportedly pushing for more diversity and coverage of important issues pertaining to young women in the magazine.  'News and Polit...

Imagine you're sitting in a meeting for work, having a conversation with your group of friends, or partaking in a discussion in your college class.  Someone has just asked you a question and you begin to reply, but suddenly one of your male peers cuts you off and interjects his own thoughts on the topic before you can voice your own.  Som...

‘Blessed is she who has believed that the Lord would fulfill his promises to her!’Luke 1:45Faith.  For such a small word it has a very big meaning to everyone.  Having faith is trusting in something that you may or may not be able to see.  For those who have a religion they choose to follow and practice, faith means a whole lot. &nbs...

There’s something about a Saturday afternoon in June – the kind of day that starts lazily and ends whenever the bonfire has flickered out.  With summer comes the promise of warmer days and longer nights, when school is out and sundresses are in. It’s the time of the year that always seems to end too quickly.  Summer is a chance to take a ...

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I’m not the type of girl who usually takes big chances or goes for things that require major changes.  I’m set in my ways and I like my routine.  Therefore, when the idea of studying abroad floated into my head freshman year after Facebook stalking a friend who had just returned from Prague, I dismissed it pretty quickly.  However, i...