Post Topic Women

On TV, There’s No One Brand of Empowerment

Women Published By Tracey Can we talk about gender without wanting to flip a table? Each time I go on Netflix, the algorithm recommends me shows from a highly specific genre: “Shows with Strong Female Leads”. The machines have figured…

How Empowered Femininity Became a Brand

Women Published By Tracey Can we talk about gender without wanting to flip a table? (Credits: Warner Bros) At the opening weekend of Barbie, I forgot to wear pink. I had not anticipated the level of excitement around the film…

Sooooooo Problematic

Women Published By Tracey Can we talk about gender without wanting to flip a table? I’ve started to think of the beauty myth as a product newsletter I never signed up for. It keeps landing in my inbox, spamming me…

Beyond the Beauty Myth

Women Published By Tracey Two generations try to figure out the role of heritage in their lives. Image credit: @baydoucet The first time I saw an influencer go about her day with bright yellow, star-shaped pimple patches, I felt a deep…

The Beauty Myth

Women Published By Tracey Two generations try to figure out the role of heritage in their lives. We’ve hit peak beauty, and beauty still seems out of reach. If you’ve ever found yourself spending a little too much at…

Why Some Women and Not Others?

Published By How race and class interact with feminism In any given society, not all women are equally oppressed, and some women benefit more from feminism than others. This is because some women are privileged by (for example) their social…

Why Still Women?

Published By Does feminism still matter? Since the popularisation of feminism as an organised movement in the 19th century, women-led campaigns for gender equality have made much progress around the world. Despite women’s contributions to society, in some countries, only…

R is for…

Back to main P lease don’t overthink why the highest paid actors are overwhelmingly men. E asier to hire someone with more experience and is familiar — white and male. R ealistically, Ocean’s Eleven did better at the box office…

Sell me acne products with your poreless skin!

Published By It will work, because my choices have never really been my own. “Most of the time, the desire to look good constitutes a low-grade hum against the rhythms of my life. It’s always there, in the background, irrepressible.”…