This essay is published as part of WYV Young Voices, a column highlighting upcoming writers under the age of 21. The vaccination disparity between men and women is due to the government’s inefficacious vaccination policy and India’s patriarchal social norms. CW: COVID-19 deaths By Shreya Kalia India’s Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi gloated about India’s...
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Evaluating the Male Gaze in Classrooms
This essay is published as part of WYV Young Voices, a column highlighting upcoming writers under the age of 21. Upholding the male gaze in education encourages male students to view women as pleasure objects devoid of any personhood CW: The following article discusses racism, sexism, adultification, and sexualization of women. However, there is no...
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When ‘Moti’ And Unmarriageable Is All That You Are In South Asian Culture
The importance that South Asian culture places on marriage as an “achievement” for women convinced me that being Moti meant I was unworthy of being loved and desired. By Zahra Haider CW: Fatphobia, weight, misogyny, self-harm, disordered eating Shaadi and Moti are two words commonly heard throughout South Asia. The former means “marriage” and the...
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How Misogynoir Shows Up In Our Lives: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
Properly addressing misogynoir requires the dismantling of both patriarchy and white supremacy, as well as uprooting capitalism and colonialist thought. Our politic at Wear Your Voice has always been and will forever be rooted in an intersectional feminism because we recognize that the liberation of assigned, assumed, and affirmed Black womxn is imperative to the...
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We All Failed Oluwatoyin Salau. All of Us.
At every turn in her life, Oluwatoyin was failed by all the people, all the places, and all the entities that were supposed to protect her. TW/CW: suicide ideation, murder, anti-Blackness, domestic/interpersonal violence, and sexual assault. I should not be here. This, of course, does not help my suicide ideation. But… I think about that...
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Misandry As Praxis In The Face of Misogyny
As long as we live and die under a patriarchal system, misandry can never be a form of oppression. Misandry (noun) — the dislike of, contempt for, or prejudice against men. When I call myself a misandrist, I’m only partly joking. For myself, and many of the folks I know with marginalized genders, misandry is...
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Mexican Feminist Collective Mourns Their Compañera Isabel Cabanillas
Hijas de su Maquilera Madre are demanding justice for Isabel Cabanillas’ killing and reminding authorities that this crime cannot go unpunished. This essay discusses gender violence, sexual violence, and the systematic murder of womxn By Chantal Flores The rage dissipates from their voices when they come to describe Isabel. “She was kind and always greeted...
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Black Hollywood Has a Black Patriarchy Problem
There’s no point to Black Hollywood if it’s gonna replicate the same structural oppressions that already exist in the entertainment industry at-large. The nominations for the 77th Golden Globes awards ceremony came out in December. And even more recently, nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony came out, roughly a week ago. And predictably, they...
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T.I.’s Violation of His Daughter is a Blatant Form of Misogynoir
T.I. is not an anomaly but a representative of a greater framework that dehumanizes Black women. TW: descriptions of misogynoir, virginity tests and enslavement By Vanessa Taylor On the “Ladies Like Us” podcast, rapper T.I. announced that he monitors his 18-year-old daughter’s virginity at annual gynecologist visits to ensure her hymen is intact. While acknowledging...
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Dalit Feminists Should Be The Leaders of The Women’s Rights Movement In India
The voices of Dalit feminists are often unrepresented and contradictory to the needs of mainstream feminists. By Jhilam Gangopadhyay TW: this article contains mentions of sexual assault For generations, the feminist movement has primarily represented privileged white women while the oppression of poor, working-class women, Black, indigenous and women of color, was often rendered invisible...