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It’s Not “Just About Chicken”
By: Bekkah West, Social Work Major & WGEC Intern, Psychology Minor Growing up, I did not understand the gravity of how symbols of hate could tangibly impact a person; how they justify...
December 15, 2025 · 4:14 PM
The Science of Care: How Feminism Shaped the Way I See the Brain
By: Ashwathi Menon, Bioinformatics & Public Health Major When I first entered the world of neuroscience lab work, science seemed to be all about being objective: clean lines, sharp...
December 11, 2025 · 12:00 PM
What Does it Mean to Be “Just A Girl”?
Because femininity is a concept, it can be constantly reshaped, redefined, and distorted based on the beliefs of the society it exists within, and social media works to heighten and mirror that....
December 21, 2024 · 5:17 PM
The Future of (UMBC’s) Neurodiversity
Part One: A Strange and Friendless Road, For a Tomorrow Without Tears or, being a woman (mostly), queer, and autistic. Self-diagnosing, and the fear of an official medical stamp....
December 13, 2024 · 4:25 PM
Amplifying the Voices of Women of Color
Why is it that women are expected to take up as little space as possible? In elevators, we’re always in the corners making room for others. On crowded sidewalks, we’re the first to let others pass...
May 16, 2024 · 2:36 PM
A Further Reflection on Adoption and Ambiguous Loss
Content Note: This post is written by Rachael Joslow, a third-year student at UMBC. I am a transracial adoptee adopted from Vietnam who grew up in Georgia for most of my childhood and adolescent...
December 12, 2022 · 5:01 PM
A Further Reflection on Adoption and Ambiguous Loss
Image description: [Photo shows Rachael dressed in black attire, one of the Women’s Center interns, smiling in front of one of the UMBC buildings.] Content Note: This post is written by...
December 12, 2022 · 4:44 PM
To My Immigrant Parents
The following post was written by Ojuswani Phogat, a third-year student at UMBC.  Positionality Statement: The letter below is a message from me to my immigrant parents. It is reflective of...
December 9, 2022 · 1:50 PM
Diet Culture v. The Cultural Diet
Positionality Statement: This post is written by Ojus Phogat, a second-year student at UMBC and a student-staff member at the Women’s Center.  I am a South Asian American woman who has felt the...
November 22, 2021 · 5:04 PM
Microaggressions: an attack on belonging and identity 
Image description: shows student, Jane, smiling in front of a UMBC building Positionality Statement: This post is written by Jane DeHitta, an adult learner in her final year at UMBC, who works...
November 5, 2021 · 3:13 PM

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