By Kat Diltz
Staff Writer
Innovative, strong, brave and unique. These are the words that come to mind when I think of the American women of today.
Women are fighting for equality among men, joining the military and fighting social stigmas, proving that everyone is beautiful in their own way....
By Gabri Provencio
Contributor
As many of you young women reading this may know, being a woman in today’s contemporary American society is difficult. We beat ourselves up frequently because of messages society portrays to us.
Daily, we women face a typical battle when we see the most perfect...
By Shakara Thompson
Contributor
“Don’t be a woman that needs a man, be the woman a man needs.” - Anonymous
In my 20 years of life, I have only been in two serious relationships, including the one I am in right now, and I must say that never have I needed a man.
Growing up, I was raised...
By Karri Kirby
Contributor
How can we empower women at CSUSM, or how do we even define empowerment? Does empowerment mean feeling safe, or do we even know how to use this empowerment?
Many people have different opinions about how they feel empowered or safe on campus; therefore each person’s...
By Charla Lopez
Contributor
Women’s roles across cultures and across time have been transformed and adapted. Before the masculine structure of society and religion, there was a sacred powerful role that women held and ruled from.
Shamanism is regarded by various sources to be the original...
By Kayla Richardson
Contributor
“Men fear witches because they take their power from the Earth without poisoning the soil.” -Unknown
Most of us have at least some knowledge of the fact that there was a time in history where women were burned as witches. As for who these women actually were...
By Danielle Wisdom
Contributor
Growing up, I was blessed to be surrounded by strong, incredible, educated women who showed me at a young age what it looks like to be successful as a woman in the world. Looking back now, I realize that my sisters and my mother were showing me what it looks like...
By Stephanie Ruby
Contributor
As a woman living in contemporary American society, I would say I have abundant opportunities. This might seem a bit cliché considering that America is the “land of opportunities,” but it is nevertheless true.
I have the ability to freely pursue both an education...
By Jacqueline Robinson
Contributor
We cannot ignore the fact that women’s voices are still consistently marginalized.
But to hold that feminism belongs only to women, or that only women can be feminists, creates brash assumptions, ostracizes enormous number of supporters and implies that anyone...
By Ariel Robbins
Staff Writer
Thought #1: It’s good to be alive in a time and a place where a woman’s thoughts can be taken seriously.
Thought #2: However, being a woman is complicated. The dictionary definition of a woman is: an adult human female—but that’s just as helpful as defining...
By Tiffany Trent
Staff Writer
Feminism is a word that typically evokes a lot of emotion and opinions in people. Whether those emotions are positive or negative depends on the person and their views.
Even in today’s progressive society sometimes people are embarrassed to identify themselves...
By Katia Brunson
Opinion Assistant
Hide your bras -- the feminists are coming.
The term “feminism” has been somewhat of a taboo in Western culture, and for people living in many other parts of the world, it’s completely unheard of. The oppression of women manifests itself differently...
