Dec 1, 2021 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships, Health & Wellness
By Rana Bou Saleh | Staff Writer Women’s issues are, more often than not, considered taboo – from menstruation to fertility complications and other issues. Women don’t usually visit the gynecologist before they get married and, even if they do, they are usually...
Nov 23, 2021 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Rana Bou Saleh | Staff Writer Witches have always been portrayed as old ugly evil creatures that work on destroying the lives of others. We can see such portrayals in cartoons – especially the ones kids watch. This characterization of witches reminds us of...
Nov 15, 2021 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Dunia Fakih | Staff Writer Growing up as a girl, you hear things like ‘No one will like you if you’re flat’ or ‘boys like girls with big boobs’. For many centuries, breasts have signified femininity, womanhood, and sexuality – be it in terms of motherhood, or...
Nov 15, 2021 | Activism, Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Rana Bou Saleh | Staff Writer How many times have we, as women, come across a moment where an action appears to be sexist, but not in the simple and direct way that we are used to? How many times have we questioned whether to let our male counterpart pay the entire...
Nov 15, 2021 | Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Sarah El Husseini | Staff Writer We’ve all seen people put pronouns next to their names on different social media platforms, and it’s definitely not to undermine anyone’s second grade level intelligence. They are simply there to indicate what pronouns one prefers...
Nov 7, 2021 | Activism, Gender, Sexuality & Relationships
By Daniella Razzouk | Staff Writer Women’s rights in Lebanon have always been a mixed bag. According to the UN women, “Lebanon enjoys one of the most vibrant feminist movements in the Arab region.” Lebanese women were given the right to vote in 1952 and since then,...
