Photo: Charles Edward Miller via Flickr (CC BY-SA 2.0) Over the past several years, following the rise of movements such as MeToo and Time’s Up, we have seen great progress being...
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Ask Ali: straight pride is no pride
Photo courtesy of Lance Anderson via Unsplash Boston, let’s talk about what happened last Saturday. I was minding my own business, cozied up at home, just trying to enjoy my three...
Ask Ali: I want a woman, but I want a woman with good...
Photo courtesy of Mobilius in Mobili via Flickr’s Creative Commons. People of America, the time is here. Election season is finally upon us. After three and a half long...
Ask Ali: How do I survive midterms?
Since this Monday marks the ninth week of the semester, we students find ourselves in the trenches of what is arguably the second most stressful time of the semester: midterms...
Ask Ali: body pressure
Image: “Mantra Apr 3” by Crystal Coleman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Oh spring, how beautiful you are. Your bountiful blossoms, your warm, whispering winds...
Ask Ali: body pressure
Image: “Mantra Apr 3” by Crystal Coleman is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Oh spring, how beautiful you are. Your bountiful blossoms, your warm, whispering winds...
Ask Ali: the feminist’s guide to Netflix
Image is licensed under CC0 1.0. We are mid-semester. The weather isn’t warm yet. Spring break is over. Our professors are expecting a lot from us for some reason and we just need...
Ask Ali: college admissions & privilege
Image: “University of Southern California (USC), Los Angeles, California” by Ken Lund is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Unless you have been completely devoid of...
Ask Ali: I’m thinking of doing a social media detox
Image: “social media” by Sean MacEntee is licensed under CC BY 2.0. During my freshman year of high school, I began using Instagram, Twitter and Snapchat and since...
Ask Ali: Can Trump declare a state of an emergency if...
Image: “Donald Trump” by Gage Skidmore is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0. Raging storms, food shortages, deadly plague, war, treason, drought. All of these images come to...
Ask Ali: Congresswomen fight back against State of the...
Image: “State of the Union protest” by Victoria Pickering is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. On Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019, President Donald Trump gave the annual State of...
Ask Ali: Valentine’s Day pressures
Image: “hearts” by emdot is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0. Urban Dictionary gracefully defines the idea of “being cuffed” as someone who is in a relationship with...
Ask Ali: Ocasio-Cortez’s rise on social media
Image: “Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez” by daddyodilly via Flickr Since the 2018 midterm elections occurred in early November, several Congresspeople have made a splash...
Ask Ali: is feminism just for girls?
On Nov. 12, 2018, an article was published on CNN in which the prime minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, stated he is “absolutely” a feminist. He informed the reporter that his...
Ask Ali: how do we stand in solidarity with victims of...
Discomfort is oftentimes the precursor for stigma. When a situation arises that shatters our feelings of safety and ease, that discomfiture is often met with a fairly large amount...
Ask Ali: what is It’s On Us?
Advocacy is defined by Merriam Webster as “the act of supporting a particular cause or proposal.” With so many amazing organizations and groups nationwide, it is easy to be an...
Ask Ali: How do I survive midterms?
Since this Monday marks the ninth week of the semester, we students find ourselves in the trenches of what is arguably the second most stressful time of the semester: midterms...
Ask Ali: campus questions
West Chester University is a campus that provides an innumerable amount of things for its students. There are lots of places to eat, tons of options for residence and a seemingly...
Ask Ali: What should I know about breast cancer?
October is a month known for its color. From the bright orange pumpkins to the warm yellow and red leaves, this month is far from dull. But aside from all of the classic autumnal...
Ask Ali: What’s going on with Kavanaugh?
If you’ve paid any attention to any major news sources in the last few weeks, you might know that our country and, more specifically, the branches of our government, have some...
Annie Lennox and global feminism
Photo: “Annie Lennox SING campaign, Vienna 2010” by Manfred Werner via Wikimedia Commons. In my recent life, I have found myself presented with a great deal of...
The broke college student’s guide to being eco...
Photo: Noah Buscher via Unsplash. Last week in this column, we broke down the severity of climate change and its intersection with feminism so as to understand just how...
Feminism won’t matter if the planet is dead
Photo: “West Chester Climate Change Strike” by Breanne Cura It’s a common misconception that the feminist movement focuses on women’s rights and women’s rights alone...
100% of white people are 100% responsible for...
Photo by Bre Tyska. There are some things about the world in which we that live are not so much opinions or political beliefs as they are concrete facts. One of those facts is...
Boss spotlight: campus women who are crushing the...
Photo by Joody Runtgoon via Pexels Of the 17,552 students enrolled in West Chester University, approximately 10,531 are female. Some of them are working for a degree in the...
The pink tax
Ah, the female body—a wondrous vessel with a very complex set of needs. The pursuit of hygiene and care can be a rocky one. One feels as though it comes with no concrete set of...
Letter from the Editor
Dear West Chester University, After a semester’s worth of research, planning and dedication, Celine Butler’s piece on sexual misconduct at West Chester University has reached the...
The importance of voting
If you were one of the many, many people who did not vote for Donald Trump, you’ll agree that the presidential election of 2016 felt somewhat like a hurricane. It caused chaos...
The call to support sexual assault victims
There is simply no room for argument when it comes to the fact that we are facing a global crisis regarding sexual assault. From the President of the United States expressing his...