“Queerbaiting” as a concept first became apparent to me after vocalizing some of my frustrations with the ways cis straight white men were performing certain “queer aesthetics” online while still engaging in misogynistic and homophobic behavior. I initially didn’t really… Continue Reading →

Growing up in a Puerto Rican household, my life was filled with strong, confident women. My mom, tías, and grandmother were exceptional cooks, thoughtful maternal figures, and (for the most part) largely “traditional” in their roles as women and wives…. Continue Reading →

This past week, I went with a group from the Doerr Institute on a “leadership excursion,” where a group of students and I got the opportunity to meet with Lisa Falkenberg, editor of the Houston Chronicle’s opinion section. She spoke… Continue Reading →

During my time in school, I can remember occasions where I would be sitting down having a conversation with a group of friends and the question of “What would you do if your kid was gay?” would be asked. Usually… Continue Reading →

“I think I might be a sociopath.” This is a sentence I’ve heard more than a few times from more than a few people. Once, when I was making ramen in a kitchen at 2 a.m. with a guy I… Continue Reading →

by Bilal Rehman   Is it a cop out if I write about Judith Butler for my blog post? Despite the verbosity of Butler’s writing, her ideas lead me to think more deeply about how social interactions (and the discourses… Continue Reading →

In one of our first class discussions, we addressed Judith Butler’s concept of gender performativity as way of understanding how human bodies become legible as gendered bodies through discursive practices (such as language, gestures, appearance, fashion, etc) that (re)iterate the… Continue Reading →

As an artist, I feel like I am almost always made aware of my otherness, racially and in terms of gender. It’s not exactly a surprise that art is both very deeply gendered and racialized, but it is something that… Continue Reading →

Pain. Pink tax. Annoyance. Cuts. Razor burn. Tame. Remove. Conform. Hate. Damn the patriarchy and my own mother for telling me I need to shave. Welcome to my analysis of (my) body hair.  Cue an image of your elementary school…. Continue Reading →

Masculinity resides in many different areas of society. It can be found in advertisements for everyday products such as food and body wash, depictions of athletes, and representations of the “average” relationship. Today, however, I want to focus on a… Continue Reading →

Last week on Twitter, I came across news on my feed about actress Gabrielle Union’s departure from “America’s Got Talent”. Never having watched the show, I was not aware of her leave and especially not in the context of its… Continue Reading →

I consider myself an easygoing person. I’ve been raised to believe that everyone is trying their best in their own ways, and that we shouldn’t judge people if we don’t know their whole story. It’s always been hard for me… Continue Reading →

The era of #metoo has led to a reckoning on what it means to be a man in modern society. The words “toxic masculinity” have left the academy to become commonplace in our daily lexicon. There exists a greater comfort… Continue Reading →

With the U.S. presidential election looming nearer and the Iowa caucuses only days away, I’ve been hearing the term “Bernie Bro” more and more. Generally, the term negatively refers to a specific type of Bernie Sanders supporter associated with aggressive,… Continue Reading →

Trigger warning: Rape, sexual assault In the wake of the helicopter crash which took Kobe Bryant’s life this morning, I find it difficult to focus on anything else. Not for my own relationship with a man who, to my knowledge,… Continue Reading →