Disclaimer: Obviously, spoilers for Marvel’s recent release Black Panther. But if you’re reading this, it’s been over two weeks… wyd?!?!
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Girl Talk is an Opinion column written by a current female student to discuss issues surrounding women, whether it be feminism, current events, personal experiences at Stevens or in life, and more.
This is not the article I would have planned to write today. But, at the risk of a total cliché, it’s the one that I feel I must write.
This is not an article I would have foreseen writing. After all, almost one year ago, I wrote an article critiquing the Women’s March, entitled simply: “The Women Have Marched.
This probably comes as a surprise to a casual reader of this column, but when it comes to films, there are few things I hate more than the recurring trope of the “Strong Female Character.”
The string of sexual assault cases hitting the mainstream media for the last month or so has been nothing short of a wild, horrifying ride.
Am I beautiful?
It’s the silent, insidious question that lurks in so many minds. Society’s beauty standards are well-defined enough that most people believe they already know the answer to that question.
Women who seemingly never get angry are truly commendable creatures. How they manage to tolerate some of the truly awful things the world can throw at them is beyond me.
At this point in my life, I consider myself a confident person. I don’t say that lightly — it took a lot of self-discovery to get here, and I would be remiss in saying that journey is over.
Are you surprised by this article’s title? I sure hope so.
As an immediate disclaimer: this isn’t meant to usurp or downplay the efforts women have put and continue to put towards the feminist cause.
Having a conversation about feminism with people who don’t know too much about it is actually usually a relatively easy conversation to have.