Author Archives: Samhita

What we missed

By Samhita | Published: February 8, 2012
Occupy Oakland is “still on fire.” Read what activists have to say in their own words. Pro-choice GOP’ers are asking their party to back down from the contraception debate. It will be a disaster. They are correct. Gloria Steinem and Lauren Wolfe ask if we can end rape as a weapon of war. Miriam on [...]
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#Occupyvday: Love, protest, movies and whiskey

By Samhita | Published: February 8, 2012
It’s a little bit ironic–I have committed my last year to writing about how relationships and the romantic industrial complex are given too much import in the lives of women and this move has made Valentine’s Day a mega event in my own life. I have spent so much time focusing on how we can [...]
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What we missed

By Samhita | Published: February 2, 2012
Occupy Valentine’s Day is going strong–submit if you haven’t already! A top official at Komen resigned, their site was hacked (hilariously) and Planned Parenthood donations have surged. It is a heartwarming moment for the power of online feminism–also, WTF are they going to do now? Komen is done. In response to this Deanna Zandt started [...]
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Don Cornelius: Respecting those we’ve lost while holding them accountable for their actions

By Samhita | Published: February 2, 2012
Yesterday, Don Cornelius, the man who started the groundbreaking Saturday morning show “Soul Train,” was found dead at 75 years old from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. After an incredibly successful career and having altered the face of American music, he was ultimately not able to overcome his personal struggles. Cornelius’s contributions to music can’t be [...]
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Beyonce enters the women’s studies classroom

By Samhita | Published: February 2, 2012
Women’s studies has for many decades centered itself around the study of popular culture and this trend continues as it was announced last week that there will be a class called “Politicizing Beyonce” offered by the Women’s Studies Departement at Rutgers. Most people groan in dismay when I rigorously analyze pop culture through a gender [...]
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