In September of 2022, a women’s high school volleyball game was held in North Carolina, wherein a trans athlete spiked a ball that unfortunately hit opposing, cis athlete, Payton McNabb, in the face. As seen in the first video included in the tweet, McNabb promptly collapses, having sustained a concussion and a neck injury from the impact. And as seen… Read more →
New movements of toxic masculinity
Christopher J Sherry https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/aug/06/andrew-tate-violent-misogynistic-world-of-tiktok-new-star In this new age of technology, social media has an impact on how we view theworld around us. A very well-known influencer named Andrew Tate has started to gainrecognition for his controversial views. I downloaded a TikTok to support my sister’sphotography account a few weeks ago. I was shown multiple videos of Andrew Tate.The things in… Read more →
Big Dog Privilege: What It Says About Sexual Assault Today
By: Maya Romero https://www.tiktok.com/@bzllz/video/7269876228268592426?_r=1&_t=8gd7QxecqMNLinks%20to%20an%20external%20site.(please embed this link) In the world we live in sexual assault is a common and relevant fear. With this, a trend has emerged in which women share their privilege of feeling safe with big dogs. Scary/big dog privilege highlights the idea that when a woman has a large dog, she feels safe to do more, such… Read more →
Family Portrait
As a child, I was told that I was lucky to have divorced parents. I mean, two birthdays,two Christmas mornings, two of basically sounds great, right? Those stereotypes are far fromright. I remember divorce being two people who I never remember loving each other andfighting through me on Wednesdays, and every other weekend. Divorce was choosing where Iwanted to spend… Read more →
Sexism in the Workplace
Sexism in the workplace has been an issue for far too long and our fingers tend to point in all different directions for who or what could solve the problem, but we forget to point the fingers back at ourselves in the process– the change starts with you. “You’re not in charge of me.” “You’re not allowed to tell me… Read more →
The offensive, harmful uses of the word “pussy”
Last semester I wrote an article published in The Orion titled “Pushing a new perspective on ‘pussy,’” in which I explain how the use of the term “pussy” in a derogatory sense is not only problematic, but also just perplexing. I’ve provided the article below as I feel like it’s a topic quite relevant to this class, as well as… Read more →
The misinformation of Kelly Cadigan
Youtuber, FunkyFrogBait, is a female commentator who discusses comically in a youtube video about a transgender woman, Kelly Cadigan, who has been struggling to find her community in the LGBTQ+ and the conservative community by being seen as a “grifter.” FunkyFrogBait leads her audience towards the aspect of how Cadigan was unable to be forgiven not because she went with… Read more →
Good Omens Connects Queerness and Religion
It’s common to see religion and the queer community at odds with each other. Often in America, you see primarily Christian ideologies limiting queer legislature and progress. Because of this very public opposition, many people view religion and queerness as two things that can’t coexist. I think that using media to explore an intersection of religion and queerness, or exploring… Read more →
Unveiling Milo Yiannopoulos
In the United Kingdom, Milo Yiannopolous is known for being a commentator on gender and sexuality issues. Although he has picked up attention for being a right-wing political commentator, he is having negative effects on the view of society. In this essay I will examine Yiannopoulos’ provocative remarks about gender and sexuality, underscoring their role in stifling discourse and social… Read more →
Emergence of an Evolving Male Role Model
God of War is a founding father in the context of current action video games.Releasing in late March of 2005, it featured a main character, a spartan soldier, whobecomes overcome with rage, cheating death and becoming the god-slaying warrior ofgreek myth. Kratos is the being of rage that players have controlled for generations ofgames. There have been games surrounding this… Read more →