Masculinities

I was visiting my highschool friend in Minneapolis over the break and she was confiding in me some aspects of her personal gender journey. She told me that she was considering switching to she/they pronoun-use, because she feels that aspects… Continue Reading →

Anime is such a sophisticated form of television production. The most popular movies and television series are a showcase of animation, artistry and storytelling. For manga adaptations of anime, especially those with a large fanbase, the transition of the story… Continue Reading →

  Interestingly enough, even before smartphone cameras and air drop, it still was not uncommon to see unsolicited dick pictures. Depicted penises could and can be found scratched into sandboxes and under school desks. As evidence, I submit some of… Continue Reading →

Something I never knew until I started high school was that guys really care about their penis sizes. Something I did not know until just recently was that there is actually a term for it: small penis anxiety or SPA…. Continue Reading →

Bill Withers, famed singer and songwriter of classics “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Lean On Me”, passed a couple of weeks ago on April 3rd, 2020. I was a big fan of his music and decided to sort of commemorate him… Continue Reading →

I really enjoy reading. I also enjoy listening to other people’s opinions on things I’d like to read, which is why I’ve recently gotten into the podcast Literary Friction, a monthly podcast hosted by Octavia Bright, a writer and academic,… Continue Reading →

One of the reasons I enjoy studying critical social theory is that it helps me understand my own life (when I understand what I’m reading, at least!). When I chose to take this class, I hoped to not only gain… Continue Reading →

With all the additional time I have as a senior who has finished up their leadership roles and is socially distancing, I have watched far too many crime dramas and documentaries. One that really sparked thoughts about masculinities was the… Continue Reading →

Last summer I went to China for half of the summer. I had traveled abroad a couple of years before with only a debit card and that was not an experience I wanted to relive because ATM fees and foreign… Continue Reading →

While domestic violence has increased due to people staying at home during the quarantine, violence against transgender individuals has increased while venturing outside the home. In Panama, the government has issued a strict gender divided stay-at-home order: women are allowed to… Continue Reading →

Veganism & Masculinity: I’m Not Trying to Be an Aggressive Vegan, But What Does My Brother Have Against Vegetables? My brother hates veganism, and really anything loosely associated with it, including, as it would seem, vegetables. He’s noticed cucumbers in… Continue Reading →

During this now abundant time isolated at home, I’ve used (wasted?) a lot of it on twitter. And one of the accounts I avidly follow is @AITA_reddit, which reposts submissions from the subreddit “Am I the Asshole?,” where people detail… Continue Reading →

CW: sexual abuse, suicide, potential spoilers   The Netflix special Cheer delves deep into the lives of the cheerleaders at Navarro Junior College. Many of them we find have rough backgrounds or had rough childhoods, and the show beautifully represents… Continue Reading →

“Everything that’s happened has been predicted, right?” she told me. “As a collective academic group, we knew there would be an outbreak that came out of China, that shows you how globalization spreads disease, that’s going to paralyze financial systems,… Continue Reading →

“I once hosted a party where the theme was home appliances. I was dressed as a dryer. My two brothers, and the rest of the male participants, found it hilarious to dress up as housewives. It perfectly illustrated how people… Continue Reading →

March 8th is known all around the world as International Women’s Day. This day was introduced as a part of women’s right movement and marks the anniversary of the repression of New York City’s female textile workers. While International Women’s… Continue Reading →

I’ve always thought that the existence of male gynecologists was strange. Why would men want to be gynecologists, anyways (I mean, apart from the typical lewd assumptions). When asking this question, I’ve looked to a period that is perhaps most… Continue Reading →

I remember when the dialogue around “Lean In” and “power posing” was rife in the popular media, emphasizing that it was a woman’s fault that she was not succeeding in the business world. By standing a bit taller, speaking up… Continue Reading →

  Like many others who find themselves consumed with stress about schoolwork and an ongoing global pandemic, in recent weeks I have turned to Netflix to pass the hours and forget about the world. And like many others, I have… Continue Reading →

In February, a few of my friends who attend A&M University visited Houston for one of their birthdays. She wanted to go to a strip club, so we dressed up and found one of the only ones in Houston that… Continue Reading →