“Attending college allows one to develop critical thinking skills and make more informed life decisions, and those decisions compound inside a family,” writes Grace Rutherford PO ‘28. “A woman’s choice to pursue motherhood on her own terms should be recognized as a legitimate expression of empowerment, not a retreat from it.”
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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). ”
Film files: The breathless, brutal world of Pedro Almodóvar’s ‘Parallel Mothers’
Pedro Almodóvar’s latest film “Parallel Mothers” is a tender and intimate exploration of motherhood, film columnist Hannah Eliot SC ’24 asserts.