Sororities were never meant to be just social clubs.  They were born out of necessity, originally created by women who were denied access to the same educational and professional spaces as men. That...

The Fresno State Leadership and Social Justice (LSJ) team hosted a first-time event aimed at educating students about feminism and street harassment that occurs within the black community on Aug. 28 at...

Feminism originated with French activists in the late 1800s and is defined by Marx Ferree (Lawrence, 2017) as “[a]ctivism for the purpose of challenging and changing women’s subordination to men”...

Nalgona Positivity Pride is a multifaceted Xicana-indigenous body-positive organization that provides education on intersectional eating disorders and community-based support to cope with troubled eating...

A poetry jam event on the Fresno State campus this week shined the light on women — in honor of Women’s History Month. “This is a platform to acknowledge women,” said Clarence Obichere, one...

Toni Weingarten had just graduated from Fresno State in 1977 when she moved to Los Angeles to try to make it in Hollywood. “I was very green. I didn’t have a clue, and it was like ‘Alice in Wonderland,’”...

Rebel, activist, feminist and mother are some of the characteristics that describe Dolores Huerta. On Sept. 25, the city of Fresno opened the doors to the premiere of a documentary that tells the story...

Dear Madeleine Albright and Gloria Steinem, you have lost your way. For the longest time, you were both icons of equality and feminism. But last week, you let down so many women who had clung to your...

The Women’s Studies Program hosted an event Monday, which featured guest speaker Aileen Rizo, a math consultant at the Fresno County Office of Education, who is pursuing a lawsuit in effort to receive...