Increase the number of gender-neutral bathrooms on campus
November 30, 2015
CSUN emphasizes how inclusive and diverse our campus is, yet still manages to isolate a large part of our student population – our transgender and gender-nonconforming community. Recently, CSUN implemented gender-neutral restrooms in the Oasis Center that opened in August. Not only did the campus gain a place...
The gender gap in code
September 22, 2015
Technology-driven jobs in engineering and computer science are providing more than 80 percent of all employment in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields, according to a 2013 survey report by the US Census. However, women don't reflect the ever-growing workforce. Although women ma...
Reality—Gender and Race Gap in the Film Industry Needs to be confronted
February 27, 2015
If you've checked any form of social media or turned on the television in the past few days, you probably heard Neil Patrick Harris "joke" at the start of this year's Academy Awards and right after saw the trending hashtag— #OscarsSoWhite. Harris said that this year the Academy was celebrating...
The rise of the white, male celebrity activist
October 22, 2014
Race and gender do not play a factor in what gets recognition in the media, said no one ever. If you are a white male, chances are what you have to say won’t go unheard. No matter your celebrity platform, if you do not have the proper color or proper sex organ, people aren't going to take what you are hop...
The pleasure principle: why masturbation for women can be an act of feminism
February 12, 2014
Valentines day encourages men to get their women things like diamonds, chocolates and flowers. But the best thing you can do for your female partner is to become cliterate. Cliteracy is a term coined by New York artist Sophia Wallace, who recently received media attention and was featured on the Huffi...
Four panelist lecture series focuses on Voting Rights Act
October 15, 2013
CSUN students gathered at the Northridge Center for the "Gender, Race, Identity and the Law in our Lives" lecture series. At the GRILL lecture a four panelist discussion took place about the Voting Rights Act. ...
Female athletes still face inequality
September 18, 2013
As the WNBA moves into the final stretch of its 15th season, attendance rose along with TV viewership and is at its highest since 2005. ESPN also reported that the network’s 12 regular-season broadcasts drew an average of 270,000 viewers, an increase from last year. Even with all this obvious success an...
Two young men challenge traditional ideas about gender and masculinity
May 10, 2012
He doesn’t look gay. In your life have you muttered that statement or at least of thought it? It’s a sentence that relies heavily on old stereotypes produced by our culture. He doesn’t look gay because he doesn’t have a limp wrist, hates musicals and packs on the muscle like it’s going...
Author speaks to students about working in a gender-biased environment
November 19, 2010
Within the walls of the Grand Salon Wednesday night, June Werdlow Rogers, PhD, spoke to CSUN students about how to optimize their future working experience in what is often a gender-biased world. Rogers, a retired DEA Special Agent in Charge, spoke to a mostly-female audience of 25 about the ch...
Staff Editorial: Happiness is not tied to gender
October 19, 2009
It seems every time a new study comes out asserting some mediocre observation about our society, we tend to latch onto the results as evidence to justify and explain away all of our suspicions or fears about a particular subject or group. “The Paradox of Declining Female Happiness,” a new stud...