The personal is complicated
Sex on Tuesday
As a petite woman, I have enough privilege to blind me from the grievances of my female peers who do not have the same body privilege.
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Editors’ Note: International Women’s Day 2020
Girls everywhere have been on fire this year and we at the Clog thought it was only fitting to pay tribute to all the incredible women out there this International Women’s Day.
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Waves: An outlived metaphor
Off the Beat
My attempts to look into the history of feminism led me to an internet archive filled with articles referring to the efforts of feminists in “waves.”
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‘Charlie’s Angels’ is a bright revamp filled with glamorous fun
The film feels like a genuine passing of the baton from the hands of the original television series and early 2000s remakes.
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Unlearning the patriarchy
Unsettled Settler
I now put conscious effort into decolonizing myself by challenging gender binary expectations. Even though I sometimes catch myself saying sorry when I shouldn’t, speaking too softly, or moving to the side to let men pass, I am self-conscious of those actions.
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‘Agents for change’: The intersection of Armenian feminism and Instagram
Translation note: The image above reads “My love shall break your patriarchy” in Armenian. While feminist strands of thought have always existed in the Armenian community, the stigmatization of feminism that I have witnessed within Armenian culture has barred feminist ideas from mainstream dialogue. As an Armenian woman growing up
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On women and minorities…
While I do my best to intentionally recognize the strides being made by institutions to ensure that diversity and inclusion become practices embedded in their ways of functioning, I still do not understand how the term “women and minorities” continues to be a widely used phrase when we think about
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Don’t call me crazy: How to address a woman with a psychiatric disability
Sometimes, I completely forget the conversation ever happened — that is, until I find myself in an argument, and that abominable phrase pops out of someone’s mouth: “Whatever, you’re just crazy.”
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Yoko Ono talks ‘Warzone,’ her forgettable yet effective album
When discussing her selection of the album’s tracklist, Ono described her interest in Asian numerology as being a major factor: “13 is a very good number. I definitely wanted to do two more songs I liked, but I thought I can do it with the next album.”
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Conversations
Lost in Translation
Who knows me the most intimately in this entire world? My best friend? My mother? Both these answers would be completely acceptable but also completely incorrect. The right answer to who knows me the most intimately in the world is: my waxing lady, Shreya. There is no experience in the
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