Decentering Men: Empowering Movie Recommendations on Women Friendships (Part 1)
The movie recommendations given below can uplift you when you see no hope in the world around you—especially when it comes to matters of patriarchy. Watching movies and shows that value women and their relationships with other women will create more opportunities for...
Living for You: 12 Strategies to Decenter Men in Your Personal Life
“It is vain to expect virtue from women till they are in some degree independent of men.”― Mary Wollstonecraft, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman What is Decentering Men and Why Should We Decenter Men in Our Personal Lives? Decentering men means putting yourself...
Women as Commodities in Dating Apps: A Deep Dive into Ashley Madison and Bumble
Bumble’s billboards. Credit: Cluffalo via X Dating sites and apps always promote themselves as modern and liberal. The truth of the matter is they are still very backwards and only consider "men" as their paying customers and women as their "products." The dating apps...
Decentering Men for Personal Growth and Healing: 10 Strategies to Reclaim Your Power
What is Decentering Men? Why is it important? Most of us have grown up in a patriarchal society that has always considered men as the standard, whether it's in building cars or setting office temperatures. Women have, from birth, been expected to live for their...
Celebrating Female Friendships and Sisterhood: 12 Empowering Films and Shows for Galentine’s Day
There are very few movies that celebrate female friendships and sisterhood. It is more of a recent phenomenon where we get to see women stand up for other women. It is so comforting to watch. Female friendships are a bit tricky in this patriarchal world. We...
Galentine’s Day Celebration Guide: 10 Fun Ideas to Cherish Your Girl Squad
Galentine's Day is celebrated each year, on February 13th, the day before Valentine’s Day. It's a day dedicated to celebrating the platonic love, usually among women. It is a day to celebrate all the amazing female friendships in your life. As Amy Poehler’s...
Misogyny that enables criminals:’American Nightmare’-Netflix docuseries review.
Matthew Muller. Photograph: Netflix Trigger Warning: This blog contains explicit content, including discussions of sexual assault and the use of strong language. Reader discretion is advised. If you find these topics distressing, we recommend skipping this...
Reactive Abuse, Our Idea of a Perfect Victim & Misogyny: 5 key points that stood out in the Depp v. Heard Netflix Docu-Series.
' This article is not meant to speculate on who is right or wrong; its purpose is to illuminate certain aspects of abuse, such as reactive abuse, that may not be very obvious, and to highlight specific circumstances discussed in the docu-series. Now, let's explore...