April 2015 | IRIS

A look back at this year's Take Back the Night Week

Advocacy

Why Most Men Won’t Take Women, Gender and Sexuality Classes

Taken at the Slutwalk meeting at Trafalgar Square in London

Advocacy

Celebrating Women in STEM

Iris celebrates women in STEM!

In the United States today, women make up an estimated 47 percent of the workforce. In the science and engineering field, however, women are far less represented than men. According to the National Girls Collaborative Project, women hold only 25 percent of occupations in computer and mathematical sciences, and only 13 percent of occupations in engineering.

Alaina Segura

Advocacy

Acknowledge the diva within you

Acknowledge the Diva Within You

All guys know that they are never allowed to talk about a girl’s weight. Absolutely never.

But why?

It is a fact that everyone has flaws. Even a 4-year-old will be able to share the insightful wisdom: “Nobody is perfect.” Yet, we have high expectations of men in relationships with us: They should notice absolutely everything about us, (um, how dare you not comment on my new nail polish?!) but at the same time they are only supposed to see the good stuff.

Kimia Nikseresht

Identity

Women’s Center hosts International Women’s Month, creates connections for students here and abroad

Please note the following content is re-printed from a blog post on April 7, 2015 on the Women’s Center website. The i

Advocacy

H. Marie Williams

Going Home: A Chat with Poet H. Marie Williams

Michelle Cho

Poetry

Authors in this Issue

Kimia Nikseresht