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Vol. CLVII
Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Whitman news since 1896

Whitman Wire

Illustration by Natalie Rhim.

Practice More Micro Feminism

Lauren Worley, Opinion Writer April 17, 2026

Stop saying “girl math,” “ girl dinner”  and other “girl” trends. It's not cute to perpetuate stereotypes and feed into the patriarchy. Yesterday, I had a conversation with a friend, she talked...

Reclaiming Feminine Rage

Kaela Babasin, News Editor October 24, 2024

Content Warning: This article contains brief mentions of rape and sexual violence.  Women are taught that assertiveness is a negative aspect of their identity. We are taught that being courteous is...

Rhinoplasties and Identity

Kaela Babasin, News Editor October 10, 2024

I swore to myself at age 13 I would get a nose job when I turned 18. I would watch before-and-after nose job videos and envy the people who had the means to undergo such a procedure. The media I consumed...

Why Women Shouldn’t Be Funny

Meghan Kearney, Humor Writer November 16, 2023

Someone should fire me, and preferably a man.  I initially applied as a humor writer for The Wire with the aim of joining the feminist cause, challenging the long-running stereotype that women aren’t...

I Degraded Myself for Barbie

I Degraded Myself for Barbie

Meghan Kearney, Humor Writer September 14, 2023

Feminists had been eagerly awaiting July 21, 2023, the day when Greta Gerwig would bestow the Barbie movie onto the world, giving us all the only tool necessary to put a complete end to misogyny. Yet...

Bitch!

Bitch!

Chloe Hansen, Opinion Writer November 3, 2022

Catherine Earnshaw, Sylvia Plath, Wednesday Addams and Courtney Love. Weird girls. Insane. Bitches. The list goes on for miles. Women have been branded hysterical for feeling rage since the word "bitch"...

Illustration by Hannah Paul.

The problem with “choice feminism”

Zoe Schacter-Brodie, Feature Editor April 1, 2021

In 1968, women flung girdles, Playboy magazines and bras into a trash can, symbolically freeing themselves from the instruments of their oppression. In the coming decades, scores of women declined to take...

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