Wolves in Sylvia Plath T-Shirts

Gwendolyn Sobkowiak | staff writer If you’re confused why the whole internet is suddenly hating on your Trader Joe’s bag-carrying male friend, you’re not alone. The term “performative male” was originally about about calling out how this style was being worn for the sole purpose of manipulating women but now it seems to be about bullying men that buck conventional masculinity. If you haven’t heard … Continue reading Wolves in Sylvia Plath T-Shirts

Whatever comes to mind: Women in literature have more traits than strong

Many times on the Internet I have stumbled across posts about women in literature and film. The post that has manifested itself in many different ways has consisted of a multitude of images of women from many literary works. Beneath the images is a long unnamed quote that is advice to writers that I have seen many times over the past year: “Don’t write ‘strong’ … Continue reading Whatever comes to mind: Women in literature have more traits than strong