Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference Audre Lorde In her essay Age, Race, Class, and Sex: Women Redefining Difference, Audre Lorde asserts that for true social change to occur, we must re-imagine and redefine the concept of difference within our society. The central ideas of Lorde’s work are: Empirical differences exist between humans. […]

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A New Vision of Masculinity Cooper Thompson Cooper Thompson’s article opens with a re-telling of his experience giving a guest presentation at a high-school about gender roles and masculinity. The male students filled multiple chalkboards with behaviors that caused them to be ridiculed, and unanimously agreed that being called a “fag” was the most insulting […]

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Interrupting the Cycle of Oppression: The Role of Allies as Agents of Change Andrea Ayvazian When one looks at the many forms of oppression that operate in current society, it is easy to feel paralyzed, overwhelmed, and confused about what to do and how to do it. How can we help, and where do we […]

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The Motivating Forces Behind Black Lives Matter Tasbeeh Herwees In this article, Tasbeeh Herwees explores the source of Black Lives Matter, and the continuing goals of the movement’s founders. The Black Lives Matter movement began in 2013 with three women, Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza, and Opal Tometi, and a hashtagged phrase in response to the […]

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