I’ll be the first to admit this column can be rather critical, and that’s putting it a bit kindly. Indeed, operating under a social constructivist lens often involves the idea that things are “problematic”...

Last Wednesday, the Gaines/Oldham Black Culture Center, the Legion of Black Collegians and the National Pan-Hellenic Council put on an event titled “Am I Still Black If?” The forum, as the flier described,...

I was exposed to an abstinence-only sex education ten years ago when I was in eighth grade. My high school was among many that opted to take advantage of federal and state funded sex education programs,...

During freshman year in college, my closest friends were all males. This wasn’t on purpose, but it just sort of happened. They liked sports and didn’t party, so it was a good match. Looking back, one...

Michael Sam has sparked a movement, and I have watched it from across the sea where I’m studying abroad, wishing I were home to join it. His decision to come out has already made history, and as he...

To those who "Stood for Sam" Kids, I awoke Sunday morning to read and see of the actions of so many of you in support of your classmate, teammate and friend, Michael Sam. I am so proud, inspired and...

On the surface, George Zimmerman and Ethan Couch have nothing in common. George Zimmerman is a 30-year-old white-Hispanic man from Sanford, Fl., while Couch is a 17-year-old boy from Fort Worth, Texas....

I recently came to a horrifying realization that I was venerating a man for respecting women’s rights. The problem here is not that said man has a deep respect of women’s rights and fights to protect...

There’s a rather prominent blemish in how the social psyche views feminism, and it invariably involves the notion of an “animosity toward men.” The idea that feminists carry a misandristic, simmering...

This article, ([The friend zone is sexist](https://www.themaneater.com/stories/2014/2/13/friend-zone-sexist/)), started out well. The author managed to stay away from using stereotypes of their own for...

[Michael Sam](www.themaneater.com/tags/michael-sam/), a former Missouri defensive end that graduated in December, spoke out about his sexuality Sunday night. [Sam got his Tiger football break in 2010...

I went on my first date at age 15. We went to see “The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2” at the mall. Thus, the dating world had opened to me, and I had a lot of questions. Even at age 15, I was...