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WGSTea: Perspectives on Feminism

By Opinion Editor April 3, 2018

2018 marks the 30th anniversary of Georgetown University’s women’s and gender studies program. Despite its limited resources — just two full-time faculty members and no access to tenure lines...

MASON: An Education That Provokes

By Annie Mason March 28, 2018

Outing myself as a women’s and gender studies major used to be harder than outing myself as a lesbian. I used to mention it quietly after announcing my government major, so white, middle-aged men I introduced...

BLAIR: Demanding More Than the Minimum

By Kimberly Blair March 26, 2018

I did not hear of Georgetown University’s women’s and gender studies program until I was well into my freshman year in 2012. That day, I had stepped away from my study cave on the fifth floor of...

SIZEMORE-BARBER: Driving Visionary Feminism

By April Sizemore-Barber March 22, 2018

On March 15, the women’s and gender studies program commemorated its 30th anniversary with a conference celebrating gender scholarship. Panelists and audience members alike discussed the paradoxical...

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Women in Comedy Stand Up and Stand Out

By Alexandra Brunjes March 16, 2018

Jim Gaffigan (MSB ’88), Mike Birbiglia (COL ’00), Nick Kroll (COL ’01) and John Mulaney (COL ’04) — all names that could sell out comedy clubs across the country. At one point, they called...

RICHARD & WOODRUFF: Unity After #MeToo Breakthrough

By Rebecca Richard and Emma Woodruff March 14, 2018

Amid the nationwide push to address sexual assault, women everywhere are joining together to say #MeToo. From touching personal narratives to the “black carpet” at this year’s Golden Globe awards,...

COOKE: Being Heard

COOKE: Being Heard

By Molly Cooke December 5, 2017

One of the greatest challenges I’ve faced with writing this series has been taking a specific stance in each column. It seems fundamental that a piece running in the opinion section of a newspaper contain...

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The Keegan Theatre Presents ‘Top Girls’

By Juliette Silvain November 14, 2017

First staged in London in 1982, “Top Girls,” written by Carly Churchill, is reborn at the Keegan Theatre in Washington, D.C. The play chronicles the story of Marlene, a young woman living in Britain...

COOKE: Dismantling Myths About Men and Feminism

COOKE: Dismantling Myths About Men and Feminism

By Molly Cooke October 31, 2017

It’s comically ironic that some of the most common misconceptions surrounding feminism are about men — namely, that men can’t be feminists and that feminism involves hating men. In reality, feminism...

COOKE: The Accidental Feminist’s Guide to Chipped Nail Polish

COOKE: The Accidental Feminist’s Guide to Chipped Nail Polish

By Molly Cooke September 19, 2017

There is no such thing as the perfect manicure. The best salon job, with a gel finish, thrice-baked under ultraviolet lights, will eventually chip or peel. Even acrylic nails do not last; your natural...

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The Buzz About ‘In the Next Room, or the vibrator play’

By Kathryn Baker April 7, 2017

Although it may seem atypical to bring a show about vibrators to a world-renowned Jesuit institution, that is exactly what the Theater and Performance Studies Program has done in its latest performance,...

Women Through the Public Gaze

Women Through the Public Gaze

By Jose Villalobos April 7, 2017

In collaboration with the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, The Phillips Collection has assembled a special exhibition that brings together some of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s finest printed works. Running...

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