feminism

Degrees and Dollars

Autumn Hawkins

Despite recent progress toward gender equity, women are still being underpaid compared to their male coworkers - even if they have the same job. Census data from the past…

Consent is not conditional

Autumn Hawkins

With the newest edition of Clemson University’s code of conduct, they explicitly included consent. With the inclusion of consent in their public code of conduct, Clemson has started a…

The Nineteenth Amendment: a century later

Autumn Hawkins

Women in the United States were granted the right to vote in 1920 under the Nineteenth Amendment. For generations, women have fought to have the same rights as men,…

Jill Biden: From grading papers to delivering national speeches

Autumn Hawkins

Jill Biden, the wife of Democratic presidential candidate, Joe Biden, has announced that she will remain employed full-time as an English professor if her husband wins the election. As an…

The future is female

Autumn Hawkins

Sen. Kamala Harris was named the running mate of Democratic Presidential nominee Joe Biden on Aug. 11, 2020. Born to Indian and Jamaican parents, Harris has simultaneously become the first…

A Preview of The Vagina Monologues

David Botzer

The first weekend of March brings an intriguing show to Winthrop. Performers who identify as female and non-binary will be coming together to present Eve Ensler’s “The Vagina Monologues,” a…

As Halloween approaches, the yearly discussion of culturally insensitive and appropriating costumes has returned in full force. The dialogue became very prevalent thanks to the website Yandy. Yandy is an…