13 Reasons Why is a popular television show depicting a teenager dealing with the bullying and criticism that defines high school and eventually her suicide. The show portrays a typical teenager with a normal family …
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Gender, Today
Identity is a reoccurring theme in society today. One cannot simply scroll through their social media outlets without viewing a post or comments on the topics of gender, sex, and identity. In New York …
Childhood Protection – What Would You Do?
An average scroll through Facebook will lead the user to a wide variety of videos, posts, pictures, articles, and more. As I was scrolling through, I came across a video that caught my attention. The …
Defying Gender Stereotypes Considering Only 19% of Surgeons are Female
http://www.uwhealth.org/news/uw-health-women-surgeons-help-start-and-are-part-of-twitter-meme/50733 In her Keyword essay “Tomboy,” Michelle Ann Abate defines a tomboy as a girl who is willing to reject feminine stereotypes. Abate believes that it is commonly accepted that “there’s a certain way girls …
Understanding “Girlhood”
When looking through the snapchat magazines that pop up I chose to try and find an article of pop culture referring to one of the key words essays. It is interesting to see how many …
Every Opinion Except Your Own
This documentary follows two girls, who unfortunately shared a common experience. They both had their sexual assaults caught on camera and shared with others. The film showcases the that the way in which the girls cope …
The Reality of Rape: 13 Reasons Why and The Bluest Eye
http://www.hercampus.com/school/bu/what-13-reasons-why-tells-us-about-sexual-assault On March 31st, Netflix debuted the TV adaptation of Jay Asher’s young adult novel, Thirteen Reasons Why. Although the show has been met with great praise and popularity, many critics were quick to point out …
Womansplaining the problem with gendered language
Gendered words in language is something that we have all probably been introduced to, as popularity in usage has been on the rise recently in media. This article gives a glimpse into gendered words and the implications …
Culture’s Negative Outcomes
“13 Reasons Why” is a television series on Netflix that follows the lives of a group of high-schoolers and how their interactions with each other leads a newcomer, Hannah, to take her own life. Hannah …
Kit defies Feminist Steryotypes
Tomboys challenge heteronormativity and look to make their own path. Tomboys are described as “a girl who behaves like a spirited or boisterous boy; a wild romping girl” (220). The kit Kittredge: Read All About …