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FEM: Equality and empowerment

By Rachel Lombardo / For The Pitt News September 20, 2017

Feminism has become a buzzword, and along with the attention comes stereotypes — that feminists are crazy man-haters and women who don’t shave their legs or armpits. Here on Pitt’s campus, The...

Sara Dosa from Audrie & Daisy poses with an award at The 76th Annual Peabody Awards Ceremony at Cipriani, Wall Street on May 20, 2017 in New York City. (Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons)

Films Challenge Existing Perspectives

By Janine Faust | Assistant News Editor September 14, 2017

The theater screen faded to black. Afterward there was no scuffling of feet, no whispers or laughter. Instead, the audience remained relatively quiet as several panelists took their seat at a table...

The 13 students at the Sexual Assault Open Mic watch a video of women preforming slam poetry about rape culture. John Hamilton | Contributing Editor

Sexual assault survivors heal through storytelling

At the Sexual Violence Open Mic Tuesday night, no one actually used a microphone. Instead, 13 students pushed two tables together inside the William Pitt Union for an intimate discussion on the effects...

Lady of Steel, an event hosted by the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., gathered on the night of Tuesday, March 28 in the William Pitt Union for a self-esteem boasting event. Anna Bongardino | Staff Photographer

Ladies of steel: Sorority group address female self-esteem

By Andrew O'Brien / Staff Writer March 29, 2017

Glance at the cover of “Glamour” or “Cosmo” magazines, and chances are your eyes will meet the baby blues or emerald greens of a smirking model with flawless skin. Her face is smooth and airbrushed,...

Matt Hawley | Staff Photographer

Top 10: Ways to dismantle the patriarchy

Student Government Board’s Women’s Empowerment Week was certainly a hit. Leslie Jones came to campus, followed by a very special women’s empowerment-themed episode of Pitt Tonight and, coincidentally,...

15 percent of female undergraduates at UT have been raped, survey says

AUSTIN, Texas — Fifteen percent of undergraduate female students surveyed at the University of Texas, Austin said they’ve been raped, according to a statewide study that the UT system will soon release. “The...

GALLERY: Women’s March and Rally in Downtown Pittsburgh and East Liberty

By Pitt News Visual Staff January 22, 2017

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