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New York University's independent student newspaper, established in 1973.

Washington Square News

Newsweek lifts skirt on Silicon Valley sexism

Newsweek lifts skirt on Silicon Valley sexism

Zahra Haque, Staff Columnist February 10, 2015
Newsweek's recent controversial cover starts a necessary dialogue about gender bias in the tech industry.
Sexism persists in the literary world

Sexism persists in the literary world

Lena Rawley, Staff Columnist December 5, 2014
Discrimination in literature is a deplorable and contradictory disservice to the field.

SheRides necessary due to safety concerns

WSN Editorial Board November 13, 2014
SheRide, a car service for women with female drivers, is a necessary response to conditions that cause women feel unsafe.
Discrimination against women in Hollywood pervasive

Discrimination against women in Hollywood pervasive

Lena Rawley, Staff Columnist November 7, 2014

Renee Zellweger stepped onto the red carpet at Elle’s Women in Hollywood event on Oct. 20 with a face that looked drastically different than it did in her “Bridget Jones’s...

#GamerGate highlights industry misogyny

#GamerGate highlights industry misogyny

Tommy Collison, Contributing Columnist October 21, 2014
#GamerGate tackles the widespread inequality in video games. Shifting blame away from the misogynistic gamers is unfair to all women.
Gallatin senior Dani Grant is the founder of the Tumblr blog Hackers of New York.

Blog exposes tech gender disparities

Emily Harris, Contributing Writer October 16, 2014
Hackers of NY, a Tumblr blog created by Gallatin senior Dani Grant, is dedicated to all things tech as well as redefining the term "hacker" and criticizing sexism in the field.
Stop Saying Women Are Not Funny, They Are

Stop Saying Women Are Not Funny, They Are

Lena Rawley, Staff Columnist September 18, 2014
This ridiculous stigma surrounding female comics taints every joke they tell.
Christina's Case: Female conservative pundits enable war on women

Christina’s Case: Female conservative pundits enable war on women

Christina Coleburn, Opinion Editor July 3, 2014
Certain female conservative pundits are complicit in enabling a war on women that they adamantly insist is waged by the left.
Coleburn responds to media criticism

Coleburn responds to media criticism

Christina Coleburn, Deputy Opinion Editor February 4, 2014
Deputy opinion editor Christina Coleburn discusses the reaction to yesterday's op-ed.
Sexism toward Wendy Davis revives war on women

Sexism toward Wendy Davis revives war on women

Christina Coleburn, Deputy Opinion Editor February 3, 2014
Critiques of Senator Wendy Davis are wrongly aimed at her gender.
IKEA catalogue suppresses women

IKEA catalogue suppresses women

October 9, 2012
By airbrushing women out of advertisements in Saudi Arabia, IKEA has failed to take a necessary stand for gender equality.