Can you call yourself a feminist and enjoy Sex and the City? Arianna Kaplan SC ’27 investigates the changing rhetoric around her favorite comfort show through a lens of modern feminism and cultural legacy.
Tag: Feminism
OPINION: Gun rights are women’s rights
“Ultimately, guns provide women with a practical and immediate means of self-defense against physically stronger male attackers,” Grace Rutherford PO ’28 writes. “The defensive use of firearms can deter crime, interrupt attacks and reduce the likelihood of victimization.”
OPINION: Feminism does not start and end in the West
“In our classes, women from the Global South get read and sympathized with; then, when the conversation begins, left behind,” Catarina Shi SC ’29 writes. “Without genuinely engaging with the lived experiences of women different from us, campus feminist discourse risks becoming something that celebrates empowerment in the abstract.”
OPINION: What we can learn from South Korea’s 4B movement
“Astounding rates of gender discrimination in South Korea are one of the biggest drivers of the country’s declining population,” Ansley Kang ’29 writes. “South Korean women, tired of the lagging behind in women’s’ rights, have begun pushing back against this discrimination with the radical 4B movement: bihon (no marriage); bichulsan (no childbirth); biyeonae (no dating); and bisekseu (no sex). ”
OPINION: Aesthetic feminism is super anti-feminist
TikTok has developed a culture of promoting trends that seemingly uplift women’s voices. It is hard to find a woman’s post without “#girl____” in the description. Ansley Kang SC ‘29 sees something in common with all these feminine hashtags: Reductiveness. Feminist trends in attempting to make modern womanhood accessible, do more harm than good, flattening women’s experiences and in doing so excluding those voices that true feminism should promote.
Speculative Fixations: Who runs the world? In ‘Herland,’ it’s girls
What does Trump’s recent anti-trans executive order have in common with the 1915 feminist utopian novel “Herland”? Both explore what it means to be an ideal woman. Reading “Herland,” Vivian Fan PO ’28 examines this ideal and its present-day implications.
Lost in Translation: Women & the language of liberation
In the wake of the presidential election, Claire Welch SC ’27 discusses the politics of language. Making references to the witches of 1970s Italy and a secret language in Hunan, Welch posits language as a tool towards liberation.
Girl Power: The consequences of female body horror in ‘The Substance’
“The Substance” uses body horror towards feminist ends — but does its graphic imagery also inadvertently create a spectacle out of female pain? Anna Peterson SC ’25 discusses this difficult tension.
Word for Word: Stop calling ‘Naomi’ the Japanese Lolita
Is “Naomi” by Jun’ichiro Tanizaki the “Japanese Lolita,” or is this nickname just a way to inferiorize a non-Western book? Anna R. Naigeborin PO ’28 compares the two novels and settles this debate.
Girl Power: How ‘Normal People’ redefines sex and connection
Amidst the ploys for human connection of the early pandemic, the TV show “Normal People” was released. Anna Peterson SC ’25 writes about how the series’ sex scenes deviate from typical depictions of intimacy.