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Vol. CLIV, Issue 6
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#liberated: Tweets From a Well-Intentioned Feminist

#liberated: Tweets From a Well-Intentioned Feminist

Natalie Berg March 6, 2014
Check out my twitter feed about everything feminist @verbosefeminist. Let's empower women—even if gender doesn't actually exist since it's totally a societal construct. You can read about this in my thesis. #liberated
Three Tips for the Fashionable Feminist

Three Tips for the Fashionable Feminist

Tara McCulloch March 6, 2014
Ladies! Tired of fashion magazines' unattainable standards of beauty? We have the latest and greatest spring trends that will also help you smash the patriarchy.
Fake Ad: Self-Burning Bra

Fake Ad: Self-Burning Bra

Natalie Berg March 6, 2014

Desperate to take a stand for feminism? Want to, say, burn your bra? We've found a way to ease your struggle: the self-burning bra automatically goes up in flames every six hours and rematerializes...

Rethinking Gender Roles

Hillary Smith February 18, 2014
What if gender roles were reversed?
Thor Rescues Woman Who Should Save Herself

Thor Rescues Woman Who Should Save Herself

Nathan Fisher November 14, 2013
Thor 2 is the classic "man" movie: superheroes, super powers, super hair. But what's not so super? Saving a woman who could obviously save herself.
Self-Defense Class a Success

Self-Defense Class a Success

Sam Grainger-Shuba October 10, 2013
A popularity of new self defense class for women is encouraging Whitman to consider adding it as a future SSRA class.
Spring 2013s Trends Personalized

Spring 2013’s Trends Personalized

Clara Bartlett February 7, 2013

A Style Guide: Spring 2013 Trends Personalized Let's get real: what's in rarely reflects what actually works fashion-wise. So follow this easy flowchart to personalize spring fashion trends so they...

Expanding Parenting Expectations Can Guarantee Choices for Women and Partners

Julia Stone December 6, 2012
Caregiver and breadwinner are too often the frame of possible household roles, even in the language of many feminists. However, childrearing and raising should not be considered a solitary choice or responsibility; rather, childrearing must be taken on by a family, community and the state.

Rabatis

Leah Siegel September 8, 2012

  Salam Aleikum, Whitman! Since the past week that I've been here, I've come to know Rabatis as some of the most hospitable people I've met.  I say this despite the mild harassment...

Style Spotlight: Vagina Monologues

cade beck February 23, 2012
The Pioneer searches out Whitties who bring an extra splash of sartorial daring to the campus. This week's Style Spotlight: the cast of The Vagina Monologues.
Credit: David Jacobson

Profile: Assistant Soccer Coach Brett Axelrod ’09

Sarah Debs November 17, 2011

Class: 2009 Current Position: Assistant Soccer Coach Sitting comfortably on a leather couch in Reid, Axelrod wears a grey Whitman College Varsity Soccer sweatshirt and appears refreshed, having just...

Illustration by Bailey

Whitman debate team moves toward gender equality, women debaters face challenges

Rose Woodbury November 17, 2011
In the debate community, it's not uncommon to hear derogatory terms used to describe female debaters who come across as overly aggressive. The unequal gender ratio within the activity seems to stem partly from its history as an activity practiced largely by white males and also from general sexism in society.
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