Tag: feminism

The #MeToo movement. Surviving oppression. Social justice. The “Black Feminism and Sacred Text” workshop explores how faith informs black women’s lives and an understanding of important social movements like these.

In the midst of sexual assault scandal storms sweeping industries from Hollywood to politics and everything in between, many men have just now come to realize that this is the ugly reality women from all walks of life have always had to face. While naming names and outing prominent men help put a face on the issue and show how frequent and widespread it is, the truth is that women have known and denounced these types of behaviors all along and have just not been taken seriously.

I was not born on a soccer field, but close enough.

The subject of women and Islam in relation to activism, feminism and misconceptions was discussed Thursday in the President’s Dining Room as part of the Women’s History Month events. Roughly 40 audience members of students, faculty, staff and community members listened to Fauzia Rizvi, general secretary of the Islamic Society of Corona-Norco and co-founder of the For The People Political Action Committee, speak about Islam and its relationship to women’s issues.

Feminism and equality were highlighted as students gathered to speak on the difficulties men endure in adapting a feminist paradigm Tuesday night in the President’s Dining Room.

Since the beginning of Donald Trump’s presidency campaign, his wife Melania Trump and her past career as a model has been the target of slut-shaming and misogynistic comments from both press and social media.