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Two Birds, One Stone: Scotland’s Rushed Gender Bill Is a Push for Independence
Scotland has recently been making headlines. The Scottish government has become embroiled in an extremely political conflict with London...
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Mar 16, 20237 min read


Soccer Offers a Shot at a Bigger Goal
The ball snakes from left to right, slicing across the glossy gym floor as our opponents close in on the goal. With five minutes left in...
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Mar 14, 20236 min read


Contractual Consent
In 1995, Bai Junfeng tortured and then forcibly penetrated his wife Yao, leading her into a coma that nearly took her life. Yet the...
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Jan 13, 20235 min read


Redefining the Meaning of Comprehensive Sex Education
The precedent-defying Supreme Court case Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Clinic has reignited a conversation about sex education policy....
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Dec 10, 20224 min read


Exploitation and Gender Inequality in the Elite ‘Global Party Circuit’: An Interview with Ashley Mea
Editors’ Note: This is the third installment of an interview series conducted in collaboration with the Stone Inequality Initiative at...
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Jun 8, 202214 min read


Algorithms and Bias in the Digital Age
Algorithms have been created in a way that both reflects and perpetuates biases, particularly those regarding race and gender. In the...
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Apr 5, 20194 min read


The Grammar of Gender Inequality
It is easy to assume that our concepts of gender come from concrete portrayals in the media. We see pictures of buff men and dainty...
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Mar 8, 20196 min read


Japan’s Baby Problem
Diapers may be Japan’s most pressing issue of 2019. The Japanese diaper industry is booming, so what is the problem? Japan sells more...
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Mar 2, 20194 min read


Women Who Work: Ivanka Trump’s Personal Brand
2018 has been designated the Year of the Woman, and the midterm elections have confirmed the title. Though still far from attaining equal...
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Dec 3, 20184 min read


The Jungian YouTuber: Jordan Peterson’s Political Ascendency
Riding the ever-surging wave of alt-right sentiment in recent years, right wing political commentators have effectively monopolized the...
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Jun 24, 20184 min read


The Tainted Grace of Jahseh Onfroy, Hidden Among Controversy and Violence
"“I ain’t have no positive upbringing, you know how fucking hard this shit is? You know how fucking hard I try just to be a good role...
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Mar 18, 20187 min read


Automated Immunity
With the advent of self-driving cars, workerless assembly lines, and even robotic cashiers at McDonald’s, automation seems to be the way...
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Feb 17, 20186 min read


The Dirt on Soap: Soap as an Agent of Political, Social, and Economic Agendas
In the context of day-to-day life, soap warrants minimal consideration. It is merely a material component involved in a greater process –...
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Dec 8, 20177 min read


Imperialist Complex(ion)
Beauty standards, as promoters of mass consumerism and objectification, universally tend to be harmful. Add problematic racial dynamics,...
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Nov 3, 20174 min read
The Literary Glass Ceiling: Gender, Language, and France’s Conservative Dogmatism in the Workplace
“The rules that govern the distribution of genders in our language go back to late Latin and constitute internal constraints with which...
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Apr 2, 20176 min read


The Ivanka Conondrum
In the latest episode of the Trump administration mixing public governance with private business, Neiman Marcus and Nordstrom chose not...
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Feb 25, 20175 min read


BPR Interviews: Cynthia Enloe
Cynthia Enloe is a feminist international relations scholar in the Department of International Development, Community, and Environment at...
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Dec 16, 20164 min read


Educated, Yet Excluded: Why Access to Education for Iranian Women is Not Enough
Women’s education level is often considered a significant indicator of modernity and socio-economic progress. Today, there is a major...
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Dec 7, 20166 min read


BPR Interviews: Jane Ward
Jane Ward is an associate professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at University of California, Riverside, where she teaches courses in...
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Mar 28, 20164 min read


Florida’s Bathroom Problem
Need to use a public restroom? If you live in Florida, that might soon be a criminal act, depending on who you are. On February 4th,...
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Feb 27, 20156 min read
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