Written by: Grace Pumpton-Hill Edited by: Laurence Desjardins “Oh, God, who does not exist, you hate women, otherwise you’d have made them different. And Jesus, who snubbed your mother, you hate them more.”  “O Father, Are you listening? I hope you are… Eleven and wondering,  praying in my bed, hands clasped  around my childhood stuffie,        not together as they should be, I believed in it … Continue reading The Father, The Mother

Written by: Celia Selzner  Edited by: Laurence Desjardins Introduction From damsels in distress to evil witches, female stereotypes in favor of a patriarchal social order have long been prevalent in children’s media. In recent years, gender has become increasingly conceived as a social construct, meaning “an idea that has been created and accepted by people in society” rather than an intrinsic, biological characteristic. Upon accepting … Continue reading Gender Lessons in Fairy Tales

Written by: Amy Xia Edited by: Orli Adamski “I don’t want to hate or hold a grudge, but I can never forgive what happened to me,”  reported Yong Soo Lee, a 90-year-old survivor of the notorious “comfort women” system. She told her story in 2015, retelling her lived experience in the Japanese “comfort stations,” otherwise known as military brothels for Japanese soldiers.  Violence Against Women … Continue reading Comfort Women and the Politicization of Gendered Suffering

Written by: Sam Rabie Edited by: Abigail George Love, a Well-Worn Refrain  Love you, two words with such defiant weight enough to drive you mad  defining the undefinable.   And yet, the same two words can be as casual and mundane as morning coffee, a rushed mumble, a formality to end a call. Love: a set of choices and devotions, or the outcome of no choice … Continue reading Love: to Fall, Feel, Choose, and Exchange: Conceptions of the Undefinable