Danger I Didn’t Know

Written by Beck Rose Kitchen Danger I didn’t know that putting water on a hot pan with oil would be dangerous I didn’t know that oil will spit if the pan is too hot I didn’t know that it was important to wash my rice I didn’t know that I couldn’t thaw chicken on the

Catfish: What Making Friends Looks Like for Alternative People

Written by Beck Rose Class and academics have always been my strong suit. Growing up, school was only about learning. I never paid any attention to the people around me. Even if I became friends with some, they’d all move away for college right? There was no point to it. I could focus on my

A Feature on HERproject

Written by Kaitlyn Crane BSR’s HERproject was founded in 2007 with its goal to empower low-income garment worker women and give them more equality in the workforce. Their website states, “These low-income working women often face significant and specific challenges, such as a low status in the workplace, low skill levels, irregular and excessive hours,

To be a Woman Explanation

Written by Madelyn Boyd To be a woman piety, purity, submissiveness, and domesticity. A predestined script written outTo fit in these categoriesTo performTo be a womandifferent for each minority What to wear, ways to walk, be feminine, sit, stand, things to talk about, things not to talk about What’s the use in talking half the

An Ode to Motherhood

Written by Layla Hakim In a time when women are expected to want to grow up, get married, and have kids, it is easy to dismiss just how much strength and bravery motherhood takes. Not only are they taking one of the biggest leaps of their lives, but also dedicating themselves to another human being.

The African Princess, Sarah Forbes Bonetta: Goddaughter of Queen Victoria

Written by Tayma Martins Image Source: https://www.ancient-origins.net/history/sarah-forbes-bonetta-0015698#google_vignette Sarah Forbes Bonetta was born a princess of the West African Yoruba people. She was a young girl no older than nine when she found herself in the middle of a political negotiation regarding the transatlantic slave trade. In 1850, Captain Frederick E Forbes of Britain convinced the

5 Inspirational Women for Women’s History Month

Written by Layla Hakim Content Warning: Violence With March being Women’s History Month, I took a moment to think about some of the influential women I have learned about throughout my life. While there are countless more that I can name, I compiled a list of the five that first came to mind. These women

The Paths That Cross

Written by Maya Graham Every Friday I walk past the group of nursing students doing their clinical hours. Sitting on the floor with their scrubs, chatting. I’m on my way to senior seminar for Women and Gender Studies, the major I switched to, just two years ago after I made the hard decision of not

Hundred-Faced

Written Colette St. Aubin Why are we always defined? When we are more than one face One form to fit Every bit of our bodies Is beautiful And brave – Every day We can be what we choose Even become something new Why do some think They can tell us what to do Expecting our