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April 06, 2026 | Lydia Harlow | Media
How Young Women’s Musical Obsessions Shape the Industry

Through the decades, girls have consistently shaped the development of the music industry and have undoubtedly driven millions of dollars in sales.

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March 30, 2026 | Ritham Janardhan | Media
The Infinite Scroll: Our Generation's Nicotine

The sheer size of this issue requires our federal government to come up with practical policies to regulate how young people can access social media.

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March 24, 2026 | Katherine Lau | Media
Nicki Minaj's Shift to MAGA

When her music first started coming out, I never imagined that in the future, she would align herself with the MAGA movement.

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February 04, 2026 | Juleon Xavier Talavera | Media
The High Price of “Good Genes”

We must recognize how companies and celebrities are influencing young people’s ideas of beauty norms, and identity.

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December 23, 2025 | Eshal Afzal | Media
Beyond Western Headlines About Pakistani Women

Stories of women for whom empowerment looks different than protest and more like knowledge, patience, and conviction, rarely appear in Western media headlines.

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June 30, 2025 | Nandita Murthy | Media
South Asian Women Deserve Better Media Representation

I now see the representation I once revered could not be more dissimilar to reality.

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April 23, 2025 | Riya Janardhan | Media
Why Every Parent Must Watch Netflix’s "Adolescence"

The stakes for our generation couldn't be higher, and you won't want to miss this.

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January 27, 2025 | Ruby Zenteno | Media
How Arcane Beautifully Represented (Then Fumbled) Its Diverse Women

Arcane made intersectionality and diversity the centerpiece of the show’s storytelling instead of neglecting that richness or reducing it to a footnote.

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November 15, 2023 | Sarah Weichsel | Media
Two Years Since the Facebook Whistleblower, Social Media Is More Harmful Than Ever for Young Adults

As a 16-year-old teenage girl, it seems that ever since those disgusting revelations were made public, social media pressure hasn’t abated but has, in fact, grown even worse for my friends and me.

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June 27, 2023 | Sheany | Media
This Netflix Show Sparked Taiwan’s #MeToo Movement

In late May, only a little over a month after the premiere of a fictional Netflix drama about sexual harassment in Taiwanese politics called Wave Makers, the show started making waves in the real world.

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June 07, 2023 | Simran Panda | Media
How Nike Has Embraced Cultural Inclusivity In Its Women’s Clothing

Nike has taken concrete actions to ensure representation and celebrate different cultures.

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May 08, 2023 | A’di Dust | Media
How Geek Media Created the Modern Incel

How did we get to the point where some men consider rage and violence a reasonable reaction to being denied sex?

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April 24, 2023 | Alexandra Leal | Media
Why We Shouldn’t Ban TikTok

As a Gen-Z woman of color from a low-income family with limited opportunities, TikTok has exposed me to a world of possibilities because information is so accessible on the platform.

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February 21, 2023 | Kelsey Shelton | Media
How Young Influencers Are Commodifying Pregnancy

It saddens me that some girls might become pregnant despite their lack of resources and in spite of the abortion rights that are quickly fading away, because of these influencers.

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January 10, 2023 | Gio Pieimonte | Media
Clean Up Your Act: Revolutionary Gender Politics in Tidying Up With Marie Kondo

Let’s take a page from Marie’s book and push men to do better and be better.

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January 09, 2023 | Su Ertekin-Taner | Media
She Said Falls Short of a Feminist Reckoning

Change in Hollywood does not materialize from a movie, especially not one that disregards existing industry threats.

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November 03, 2022 | Asha Dahya | Media
I Used to Be Anti-Choice. Here’s How I Changed My Mind.

Today I consider myself a passionate advocate for reproductive justice and freedom.

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October 14, 2022 | Sophia Liem | Media
The Problem With Rom Coms

As comforting and engaging as these love stories can be, the truth is that most reiterate a problematic theme.

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September 28, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Media
Muslim Representation On Screen Has A Long Way To Go

Onscreen Muslim representation has a long way to go.

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August 25, 2022 | Kadin Burnett | Media
Keke Palmer Redefines the Final Girl Trope in 'Nope'

Palmer’s Emerald has tiptoed her way into the top ranks of horror’s greatest final girls for the very reason that she’s nothing like one.

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August 08, 2022 | Kate Alexandria | Media
Ahsoka Tano Is a Star Wars Hero for a Generation of Dissenters

Earlier this summer, the buzz for the upcoming show Ahsoka was palpable at the Star Wars Convention in Anaheim.

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January 18, 2022 | Samantha Marquardt | Media
How Britney Spears’ Conservatorship Highlights the Role of Guardianship Law in Women’s Oppression

A 13-year-long nightmare finally ended for pop icon Britney Spears on November 12 when a Los Angeles court terminated the conservatorship that had controlled Ms. Spears’ life since she was 26.

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January 11, 2022 | Celeste Huang-Menders | Media
The Disinformation Around TikTok’s “National School Shooting Day”

Friday, December 17, was deemed “National School Shooting Day” by various anonymous TikTok accounts, which encouraged viewers to incite violence at their schools, including shootings and bombings.

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January 06, 2022 | Sophie Hayssen | Media
Older Women Are Finally Being Represented In Hollywood

It seems like 2021 brought a ripple of change to this double standard, and 2022 could turn that ripple into a wave.

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September 28, 2021 | Abbey Ruark | Media
Why Reality TV's Depiction of Love Is Harmful

This representation of love is completely misleading to millions of impressionable young women like myself.


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