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
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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.
Student governments offer funding for gender-affirming processes
Pitzer College and Scripps College student governments are expanding their funding options to fund a variety of gender-affirming actions for transgender, intersex, and non-binary students, according to then–Pitzer Student Senate Treasurer Jessica Miao PZ ’21 and Scripps Associated Students President Irene Yi SC ’19. Pitzer Senate Budget Committee now offers
Opinion: The Feminizing of Communication in Relation to Scripps’ ‘Dating While Feminist’ series
Identifying as feminist, womanist, or as a part of any group that advocates for gender equality brings with it a unique set of challenges when entering the dating scene. Terms like these, though certainly less stigmatized at a liberal arts college consortium in Southern California than in other places, create