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A downtrodden Rachel Zegler in her snow white costume stands in front of a red background that reads "cancelled".

Modern Witch Hunts: Public Silencing of Women in Hollywood

Farah Shah, University of Central Florida

The persistent undercurrent of patriarchal influence in Hollywood and the societal tendency to scrutinize successful women.…

December 3, 2023

In an article about dating for women, a woman (Lori Harvey) is being kissed by a man. Across the bottom, a woman in a v-neck dress (Dorothy Dandridge), a woman with her hands on her head (fictionalized Cleopatra) and a woman with her arms open (Eartha Kitt) stand.

Opinion: The “Lori Harvey Effect” on The Love Lives of Women

Paiton Young, University of Georgia

Who didn’t teach women how to date?…

October 21, 2023

In an article about 'men' a drawing shows women from horror films.

‘Men,’ Like Other ‘Elevated’ Horror, Depicts Women’s Trauma Through Male Eyes

Alina Edwards, Wellesley College

Though directors often use women as protagonists in thriller films, their male perspective turns characters into puppets — and Alex Garland's film is no exception.…

June 18, 2022

Why Are Women Obsessed With Horror?

Nnekakwo Adibe, Lesley University

The genre allows women to shift deeply ingrained power dynamics. …

January 23, 2021

Illustration of a business woman in an article about the term girlboss

Is It Time to Cancel the Controversial Term ‘Girlboss’?

Audrey Martin, Boston University

Once a term that conjured up images of hard-working women ready to smash the glass ceiling, the word now represents everything wrong with America’s capitalistic system.…

July 2, 2020

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