By Yesenia Flores, Freelance Writer Having a female body is a unique experience and menstruation is just one of its natural processes. So why are people ashamed to talk about it? For the simple fact that society portrays it as repulsive and gross. The mere use of pretty blue liquid in period advertisements delegitimizes what […]
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Patriarchy in the Hispanic Household
By Yesenia Flores, Staff Writer Patriarchy is most likely what The Cure’s song, “Boys Don’t Cry,” was inspired by. It is a hierarchy in which the male holds the upmost power and has the final say in all things. In the household, it is he who is seen as the figure of authority because he […]