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The Palin Prototype

The Palin Prototype

By Kate Riga June 30, 2014

“I grew up castrating hogs on an Iowa farm,” senatorial candidate Joni Ernst announces proudly as she advances toward the camera in one of her recent campaign ads. If that weren’t direct enough,...

Old and Stubborn Subliminal Marketing Standards

Old and Stubborn Subliminal Marketing Standards

By Kate Riga June 23, 2014

A chorus of “sorry’s” rings out as two glossy-haired women scuttle out of a man’s path on a subway and a conference room. A mom apologetically hands off her toddler to her husband. Two women meekly...

Stay-At-Home Shame

By Kate Riga June 16, 2014

Donna Reed is dead. Her pearls and aprons haven’t graced America’s screens for decades. And what’s more, her character’s lifestyle is more or less dead, too. Women have been free to expand beyond...

Title IX: Man’s Best Friend?

By Kate Riga June 9, 2014

College campuses are hotbeds of sexual assault. As more and more frightening statistics pour in (such as the ever-unsettling one in every five women will be sexually assaulted by the end of her college...

Vague on Vogue

Vague on Vogue

By Kate Riga June 2, 2014

For most people, Vogue magazine conjures up images of glossy, glamorous models in outlandish outfits slapped with tags like “couture” and “chic.” It does not typically bring up thoughts of...

A Full Dress

A Full Dress

By Kate Riga May 26, 2014

“I am not an empty dress, I am not a rubber stamp and I am not a cheerleader. I am a strong Kentucky woman.” The rest of Alison Lundergan Grimes’ statement is drowned out by a swell of roaring...

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