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Category Archives: Op-Ed

It’s All Rooted In The System: A Commentary On The Body Positivity Movement

When it comes to the body positivity movement, we need to stop comparing skinny shaming to fat shaming. While both are harmful, they never have and never will be on the same level. 

Posted bytherevivalzineApril 6, 2021May 18, 2021Posted inOp-Ed, Wyatt WagonerTags:Body Image, body positivity, patriarchy, skinny shamingLeave a comment on It’s All Rooted In The System: A Commentary On The Body Positivity Movement

Embracing Our Body Hair

Having more or less body hair does not make one more or less feminine. Our body hair does not define who we are.

Posted bytherevivalzineApril 6, 2021April 6, 2021Posted inOp-Ed, Sindura VuppuTags:beauty industry, beauty standards, Body Image, gender rolesLeave a comment on Embracing Our Body Hair

The Caricature of Feminine Irrationality

When a society overemphasizes gender, it must grapple with the consequences. Unfortunately, those consequences manifest themselves in the form of destructive and unaccommodating gender stereotypes.

Posted bytherevivalzineApril 6, 2021Posted inOp-Ed, Sheyenne WhiteTags:gender, gender performativity, gender roles, patriarchy, toxic masculinityLeave a comment on The Caricature of Feminine Irrationality

Blood Type: Queer

Institutionally tying queer sex to medical contamination is one of many ways that queer people have been systemically portrayed as sexually dangerous, prompting discriminatory policies in the name of ‘protecting’ the rest of society.

Posted bytherevivalzineApril 6, 2021Posted inOp-Ed, Sai SiddhayeTags:government policies, institutionalized discrimination, lgbtq+Leave a comment on Blood Type: Queer

Why We Dislike the Idea of Being Girly

The breakdown of female characters into rigid categories, and the glorification of some of these as “ideal” stems from generations of misogyny.

Posted bytherevivalzineDecember 20, 2020January 20, 2021Posted inOp-Ed, Sindura VuppuTags:culture, gender, gender roles, media, MisogynyLeave a comment on Why We Dislike the Idea of Being Girly

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