Category: Feminism

Giving Up on Pretty: Capitalism, Feminism, and the Illusion of Control

“I’d like to think that through educating myself on the topic of the beauty myth, I’ve naturally come closer to adopting a body neutrality mentality; after all, it’s hard to want to play a game that you know is rigged.”

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Love Lessons

Wherein a Nass writer contemplates the influence of Disney on her burgeoning worldview.

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The Long and Short: Hair

“Every time I looked in the mirror, my cropped hair reminded me that I had suffered, had experienced something that none of my peers could comprehend.”

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On Girl Math

“When feminists take things like makeup and plastic surgery and argue that we ought to uncritically ‘let women do what they want,’ it reinforces the belief that the goal of modern feminism ought to be to ‘reclaim’ an oppressive, patriarchal standard and pretend we have chosen it for ourselves.”

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On The Women We (Don’t) Read: A Reflection on Academia

A writer analyzes the number of women authors she has been assigned throughout her time at Princeton.

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The Journey from Pornhub to OnlyFans… And Why it Matters

A Nass writer considers issues of feminism and labor compensation within the evolving landscape of the porn industry.

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The Women of the Woody Allen Archives

Interrogating Woody Allen’s presentation of women, and defensive disclaimers that his work is merely satirical fiction.

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A Letter from the Publishers: Celebrating the Women*s Issue

The co-publishers of the Nassau Weekly celebrate the third-annual Women*s Issue.

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PERIODPALOOZA

The politics of periods and how two students are reframing our conceptions of menstruation through social justice.

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Short Guide for Running

Twenty satirical directives for running in the city.

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Regaining Sovereignty Over Our Bodies

“We are socialized to be agreeable and raised to say yes, so it becomes ever more difficult to deny the encroaching hand of a stranger.”

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Fake Housewives, Get Out

In which a writer contemplates the influence of housewives, real and fake.

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