0101, 2021

The Mirror of Truth

Chiara Bruzzi/ January 1, 2021/ Feminism/ 0 comments

By: Chiara Bruzzi
When you look in a mirror, what do you see? Does the mirror represent who you are, or does it highlight all of your flaws? For most of us, it is safe to say that any time we look in the mirror, we notice something is inherently ‘wrong’ with the way we look. Whether that is the size of our waist, the fat under our armpits, or the minuscule imperfection in our skin, we notice it. We study it. We let it take on a personality of its own. We quickly start thinking of remedies on how to remove the imperfection, the outlier, and we don’t stop to think about the possibility of embracing it instead. In today’s society, flaws, or any indication of our bodies’ naturalistic component, are simply not an option. To be anything less than perfect is to be ugly, lesser, and unhealthy.

1707, 2020

Poisonous Photoshop

Chiara Bruzzi/ July 17, 2020/ Feminism, Guest Writers/ 0 comments

By: Madelyn McDonald
In today’s society, Photoshop is all around us. Whether we’re sitting at the dentist flipping through a magazine, looking up at a billboard, or watching a commercial on television, photoshop sets unrealistic standards for everyone. Photoshop negatively impacts people, especially young girls, who attempt to reach a goal of impossible perfection. Letting young girls see this environment of what “a perfect girl looks like” is not only toxic but disgusting.

1007, 2020

How about we end rape culture in schools?

Chiara Bruzzi/ July 10, 2020/ Feminism, Guest Writers/ 1 comments

By: Giulianna Bruce
I’ll begin with the fact that I respect most rules.
The uniform shorts and skorts of girls in high school “cannot be too form-fitting” and “must be fingertip length or longer.” On the surface, this rule seems sensible. The basic reason behind such a rule is that the faculty and administration don’t want high school girls walking around in short skorts. That seems understandable, right? But why don’t they want this?To answer that question, I turned to page 24 of my high school student handbook. The first sentence of the “Dress Code” section states that the reason behind these rules is to “maintain standards of dress and appearance appropriate to the seriousness of academic pursuits.”

1007, 2020

What is a Woman’s Biggest Insecurity in 2020?

Chiara Bruzzi/ July 10, 2020/ Feminism/ 7 comments

By: Chiara Bruzzi
In the technological society we live in today, women are under a lot of pressure to be “perfect.” What perfection looks like varies from individual to individual, but at the end of the day, we all feel the pressure. You would think that with social media, a place where well-orchestrated photos rather than raw representations of life are shared, women’s biggest insecurity in 2020 would be related to appearance. I don’t blame you, and I don’t disagree that in 2020 a woman’s confidence about her body and appearance comes from the approval of judgemental and, sometimes, fabricated social media users. However, as problematic as social media is, a woman’s insecurity about her body and appearance is not nearly as important as her self-worth. In fact, in 2020, a woman’s most dangerous insecurity has nothing to do with appearance. Instead, it has to do with a part of the body that most people see as having no superficial attraction towards…