“Excuse me, this is the women’s restroom.”  Gut wrenching. Yet another person I must explain it to: I just have short hair and dress like a 12-year-old boy on his way to PE.  Fighting...

In honor of Women’s History Month, The Hoya sat down with Professor Nadia Brown, chair of the women’s and gender studies program, to discuss identity, gender and institutional challenges women’s...

When I was seven years old my mother told me that to be born a woman was to be born cursed. At first, I didn’t understand — I spent days pondering what this meant, feeling my temples for any budding...

Being an LGBTQ woman gives me a unique connection to femininity and allows me to redefine what my womanhood means to me. I have a deeper appreciation for the attributes that make women beautiful and powerful,...

“I’m all about that two-for-one special.” Dumbfounded by the confidence with which he had uttered these words, I was almost certain that I had misheard him. “Excuse me?” He repeated:...

The most recent Georgetown University McDonough School of Business (MSB) report on diversity, equity and inclusion reveals that only 36.14% of undergraduate students for the 2020-2021 academic year are...

What has my identity as a woman at Georgetown University meant for me? Well, to answer that question, nothing at all. My identity as a woman is merely a cross section of the totality of my personhood.  This...