If you’re looking for books or podcasts to explore this spring, check out The F-Word’s recommendations, put together by our amazing External Communications Director Laura Arellano-Velazquez!
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Music: Best of February
We update this playlist monthly, and aim to feature a variety of artists, genres, and themes. The goal—to promote music that empowers, excites, and inspires us.
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Dear Men: Women Don’t Need Saving
We’ve seen it play out a hundred times before: the knight in shining armor heroically rescuing the damsel in distress. Read how, in reality, the male hero complex is a dangerous and pervasive aspect of the patriarchy that is far too normalized today.
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Carolee Schneemann: Artist Spotlight
Our Art Editor Alyssa Silwa describes the many powers and controversies surrounding the American visual experimental artist, Carolee Schneemann.
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No Love Like Catholic Hate
Mikayla Cassidy delves into her old high school’s decision to rescind a job offer to a Penn alumna over her same-sex marriage.
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An Introduction to Shadow Work
Learn more about this difficult yet important aspect of spirituality from our resident witch, Emily Campbell.
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Hourglass: “It Is Time!” Or Something Else
With a mix of Chinese and English characters, this visual poem reflects on the fluidity of genders and the relationship between humanity and nature.
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Be Your Muse
Kennedy Crowder sheds a bright, reflective light on her quarantine road to self-love, curating selfies, and becoming her own muse.
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Diversifying the Study of Intimate Partner Violence
This review of scholarship on IPV in heterosexual relationships sheds light on significant biases that marginalize people who face abuse.
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When Male Allyship Fails
Allyship is a necessary and vital addition to feminist movements. But what happens when we fall into the trap of “preservation through transformation?”
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