Friday, July 11, 2025
Funds provided by the American Rescue Plan will assist students facing academic difficulties caused by COVID-19. These funds will cover summer school costs for students in Leon County this school year and next school year. Schools that are willing to proceed with this decision will be sending invitation letters home […]
Historically, the term “Year Of the Woman” was formulated in the late 1960s. However, the term wasn’t popularized in the media until 1992 when a wave of women complained that Anita Hill, who testified that Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas had been sexually inappropriate with her, was mistreated by an […]
On Nov. 3, 2020, Tiffany Baker became the youngest African American woman to be elected judge in the Second Judicial Circuit at 35. This was not just a huge win for Baker’s law career, but a historical moment for Black women and girls in the state of Florida. Baker defeated […]
Centuries of women have been trying to uproot the misogyny ridden foundation of society, picking up their pitchforks and taking to the streets in demand for basic human rights, individual freedoms and a level playing field. Though we have better education and more freedoms than once allowed to women, have […]
Baron Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the Olympic Games, once said, “No matter how toughened a sportswoman may be, her organism is not cut out to sustain certain shocks.” This thinking still exists in the controversial debate around gender and equal pay in sports. While pay for women has […]
Florida A&M University cheerleaders — highly visible at football and basketball games, and oftentimes at monthly convocations — are the only members of an athletic department team who do not receive any scholarship support. To make matters worse, cheerleaders for football are expected to pay dues $1,500 at the start […]
In 1972, Title IX of the Education Amendments was passed to ensure in part that women and men participating in athletics get an equal opportunity. Yet 50 years later, women’s athletic teams still struggle to receive the same support as male athletic teams. Data has shown that women’s athletic teams […]
Social media has taken society by storm. According to a survey conducted by University of Nevada’s School of Medicine, over 90% of teenagers use social media and approximately 75% have at least one social media profile by the age of 17. While social media has enabled people to build relationships, […]
If you were to take a look back into the early 2000s, you’d see the ideal body type for a woman: a small waist, small legs, small arms. Overall, a slim figure. Now, in the year 2022, that has seemed to change, but not to a more realistic, relatable or […]
When the feminist movement started, women engaged in intense discussion and sought to abandon social norms, earn respect and gain political rights. Today, the movement has transformed to include physical liberation and women are finding new ways of breaking from patriarchal standards. The modern-day feminist movement is gaining traction on […]