By Urooj Khan On February 24th, 2020, a pioneering mathematician who paved the way for women to travel to space found her own space amongst the stars. She broke so much more than the physical barrier between our atmosphere and space. She passed away peacefully at 101 in her retirement home in Newport News, Virginia. […]
Who exactly is the woman behind the pristine white caped blazer, signature red lip, and unapologetically bold hoop earrings? How is she breaking social and political barriers in an attempt to address the deeply rooted issues inherent in our country’s government? The media frenzy around up-and-coming Congresswoman and Democratic politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is truly one […]
In celebration of Women’s History Month, it is important to look back at the female pioneers who have paved the way in fields such as science, mathematics, literature, engineering, medicine, etc. They have pried open previously locked doors of opportunities that are now available to young girls aspiring to do great things. Last semester, in […]
On a day with a most steely sky, I made my way to The Morgan for its (relatively) new exhibit, Charlotte Brontë: An Independent Will. Housed in a room on the museum’s second floor, the exhibit features paraphernalia of a life lived just 200 years ago. Tiny books filled with impossibly small handwriting, lap desks, […]
In November 2012, Tony Harris, renowned comic book artist and five-time nominee for the prestigious Eisner Award, took to his public Facebook page to vocalize his vitriolic opinions regarding the combination of women, costumes, and comic book conventions. In short, his words, not worth republishing or repeating, accused women in these circles of being vapid, […]
The 86th Academy Awards ceremony was preceded by a lot of buzz. Much of the speculation included talk of which film would win Best Picture, how Ellen DeGeneres would host the show, whether Leonardo DiCaprio would win an Oscar, and who would win Best Supporting Actress. This category sparked a great debate over who would […]
A record number of attendees came to the third and final Senior Research Forum at the Roosevelt House; guests consisted generally of those who attended SRFs in the past, as well as a handful who attended for the first time. Potential members of the SRF team for 2014 also attended. “It was really great to […]
Over 1000 demonstrators gathered in Union Square for Slutwalk NYC, a march and street protest against rape culture, victim-blaming, slut-shaming, as well as sexual and domestic violence. Slutwalk NYC is a grassroots effort that began earlier this year, after a Toronto constable told University of Toronto students in a self-defense class “not to dress like […]
