Ladies, let’s talk about it. It feels good to be asked out, but are we losing chances at love by waiting for the man to ask us out? Urging women to take a chance and make the first move, Tess McHugh PO ’25 argues that these societal gender norms are holding women back.
Tag: Gender
OPINION: Y/our language speaks us out of existence.
Luke Brown, PO ‘26 explores the work of being queer and nonbinary through the weight of culpability in our language and the construct of those around us. Our pronoun use particularly demonstrates y/our own anti-queer culpability. Brown explores how we navigate this space and the sensation of erasure.
Gender, sex and the carceral system: Panelists describe roots of their prison-abolition activism
On April 16, in the Rose Hills Theatre at Pomona College, the 5C Prison Abolition Collective held the final event of its semester-long speakers series. “Femme Futures: Beyond Carceral Institutions” brought together Jessica Gonzalez Rodriguez, edxi betts and Victoria Perez, who spoke about their direct experiences with the prison system and their resulting prison-abolition activism.
SHS introduces gender affirming care to support 5C students
The Claremont Colleges’ Student Health Services (SHS) now offers gender affirming care for all students under their health plan, an expansion to their service coverage as of January 2023. “Student Health Services (SHS) at the Claremont Colleges is committed to providing culturally competent and inclusive services to all students under
Disney meets linguistics in Pitzer professor Carmen Fought’s new book
Pitzer linguistics professor Carmen Fought and Pitzer alumna Karen Eisenhauer PZ ’13 recently published their book, “Language and Gender in Children’s Animated Films.”
50 years ago, Title IX leveled the playing field for women athletes
In 1972, the 5C’s offered their first women’s varsity sports, thanks to the newly-passed Title IX which mandated equal numbers of men’s and women’s sports teams.
Scene it: ‘Pam & Tommy’ does the very thing it argues against
By effectively recreating Pamela Anderson’s trauma, “Pam & Tommy” practices the opposite of what it preaches, TV and film columnist Rorye Jones PO ’23 argues.
OPINION: We need more women-specific academic programs at the 5Cs
The Claremont Colleges must devote more resources to female students’ academic development and to programs that confront systemic challenges in academia, argues Yutong Niu PO ’23.
‘I have been everything’: Author Isabel Allende talks feminism, inclusivity at Scripps Presents
On International Women’s Day, Scripps Presents spotlighted one of the most international women: author Isabel Allende, who has written 24 books available in over 42 languages, according to her website.
OPINION: Feminism does not mean man-hating
We need to work on dissociating feminism from misandry in order to keep fighting for women’s rights, argues Leah Voudouri PO ‘24.