Girlcrush’s creators, Caileigh Scott and Jacklyn Collier talk about their empowering and funny sketch series, writing relationship, and why feminism truly benefits everyone.

Navigating Fashion After 40: Should There Be An Age Limit on What You Wear?
Representation of women over the age of 40 in the media is seriously lacking. When we do see older women on our television screens and in our magazines, they appear dowdy and their sole purpose tends to be emotional support and comfort. They are almost never the objects of sexual desire. When older women demand […]

“Just Super” – Mixing Superheroes with Wine While Fighting Sexism
Last year, acclaimed director and writer Joss Whedon didn’t hold back with his frustration towards the film industry’s treatment of female superheroes. In an interview with Digital Spy, the filmmaker spoke out about how sexism has prevented production of female-led superhero movies, saying how “there is genuine, recalcitrant, intractable sexism, and old-fashioned quiet misogyny that goes on.” It’s an evident […]

Feminism’s Image Problem
In November of this year the website Jezebel posted an article entitled “The Many Misguided Reasons Famous Ladies Say ‘I’m Not a Feminist”. In the article they broke down into the aforementioned “misguided” reasons statements from celebrities and public figures like Lady Gaga, Bjork, Sandra Day O’Connor, and others. The article was intended to subtly […]

Women Hold Up “Half The Sky”
Suppose your professor told you that as a homework assignment, you had to watch a four hour documentary. Um, excuse me? No college student likes the idea of an extra long assignment. However when my Women and Gender Studies professor told us to watch the documentary Half the Sky, I never expected to have my entire […]

P.O.W: Kitty Holtzclaw
In her exclusive series, staff writer Rebecca Rowell puts a spotlight on women in the workforce. P.O.W or Power of Women is a series of interviews with women who are making breakthroughs in their careers and teaching the upcoming generation a few things about woman power. My next profile for the P.O.W series is a woman pastor. She’s an […]

He Said, She Said: Bride-To-Be Won’t Change Her Last Name
In a question posed for our female readers, would you take your husband-to-be’s last name or keep your own? For our male readers, how would you feel if your future bride decided to keep her own name? A whopping 63% of male readers for Men’s Health magazine said they would be upset if their wives kept […]