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-32 posts tagged "women"
Ryan Israel and Mia Marroquin | Thursday, August 20, 2020
Hip-hop, like most fields, is, tragically, dominated by men. But the last six months have been a different story; by and large, the best rap songs have come from women. These six songs, including collaborations between high profile superstars, promising releases from up-and-comers and Noname’s social justice diss track, are our favorites –– tracks that
Hannah Thomas | Friday, November 8, 2019
Terri Russ, a communication studies associate professor at Saint Mary’s, will teach a new spring semester seminar on “Women, Leadership, and Communication” beginning in 2020. The seminar is titled “Why Don’t Women Rule the World?,” taking its name from one of the course texts. “I used to teach a seminar focused on female beauty and
Caroline Lezny | Wednesday, September 18, 2019
“I sometimes worry I’d be less of a feminist if I had bigger tits,” Fleabag says in the midst of a silent Quaker meeting. This scene provides the opening of the fourth episode of the show’s most recent season. As shocking as her comment is, Fleabag’s inappropriate outburst is perfectly characteristic of the lascivious humor
Emma Ault | Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Saint Mary’s Office for Civic Engagement (OSCE) hosted the first of a three-part discussion series about women, mothers and their roles in society Tuesday evening. Tuesday’s event focused on the idea of being a woman, mother and image bearer, with guest panelists Ramal Winfield, Noelle Gunn Elliott and Christan Sheltan, as well as a question and
Diane Park | Monday, October 8, 2018
Oakland Elizabeth House (OEH) is a transitional residence located in Oakland, California that serves single mothers and their children who have suffered from poverty, homelessness and abuse. Providing housing and other resources like counseling and parenting classes for about 10 families, OEH particularly focuses on helping their residents find permanent housing, sustainable incomes and familial
Diversity Council | Tuesday, September 25, 2018
“Control is a mirage. The most effective leaders right now — men and women — are those who embrace traits once considered feminine. Empathy. Vulnerability. Humility. Inclusiveness. Generosity.” — Leigh Buchanan Empathy. Every year, The Posse Foundation and Posse Scholars facilitate an annual weekend-long PossePlus Retreat attended by members of the larger student body, faculty
Lucy Collins | Thursday, September 6, 2018
With the sun in the sleepy stages of wakeup, lazily drooping over the horizon, an inner dialogue pulses through my mind for what seems like the thousandth time this summer: “Keep going. When you round the corner, you can take a break. … No, I don’t need a break that’ll just make it worse, idiot
Letter to the Editor | Friday, May 18, 2018
Editor’s note: This letter to the editor was originally published on March 1, 2015. Dear Father Ted, It is with gratitude and deep devotion that I write to reflect on your legacy at Notre Dame and your lasting gift to the women of Our Lady. Forty-plus years later, we women of ND are the proud legacy
Hanna Kennedy | Friday, April 27, 2018
This Friday, Saturday and Sunday, student actors from Notre Dame and Saint Mary’s will take to the stage and bring contemporary playwright Sarah Ruhl’s “The Clean House” to life. Director Brynn Alexander, a senior Film, Television and Theatre major with a concentration in Theatre, chose to stage “The Clean House” after reading the script over
Owen Lane | Tuesday, March 20, 2018
In 2018, the definition of music continues to expand. Even hip-hop music, once the edgiest genre of music and considered abrasive and threatening to middle-class American values, has become the dominant popular musical genre, complete with an endless queue of traditionalists complaining about the genre’s unpleasant new direction. So, what can a rock band even