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All content by Cassidy Ellis

No good abortion clinic deserves to be TRAP-ed

Cassidy Ellis May 1, 2016

In over half the states in the country, particular physicians are targeted with laws that are passed with the hope of making it impossible for them to provide care. They are being trapped.Imagine you are...

Parting words from a campus feminist

Cassidy Ellis April 29, 2016

I’m struggling to synthesize my experience at UA into one 700-word article. During my five years here, I have experienced my life’s highest highs and lowest lows. I have met some of the most awe-inspiring...

Stop using Mississippi as a scapegoat for your own discrimination

Lindsay Macher April 13, 2016

I have always had mixed feelings about being from Mississippi. I recognized the hate and discrimination that was spread throughout the state, but also saw the suppressed potential in fellow Mississippians....

On Hillary Clinton and the silence of her supporters

Cassidy Ellis March 30, 2016

Full disclosure: I was paid by the Feminist Majority for one month earlier in this semester to campaign for Hillary Clinton in advance of the Alabama primary election.I recently read a Huffington Post...

Reclaiming fat

Cassidy Ellis March 7, 2016

In the fall of 2011, I was a sophomore and had just transferred to The University of Alabama. I had spent the last few years of high school watching people older than me gain the “freshman 15,” and...

Empowerment of women cannot exist within the Machine

Lindsay Macher February 29, 2016

Just last year I shared the Crimson White article asking sorority women why they continued voting for the Machine. It was a question I asked myself every day. Sorority women hold their own power and voices,...

Trans visibility and representation is the next step in trans remembrance

Trans visibility and representation is the next step in trans remembrance

Lindsay Macher November 30, 2015

Friday was Transgender Day of Remembrance, a day honoring victims of transphobic violence. In 2015, there have been at least 21 murders of trans people in the United States, including that of Mercedes...

Imprisonment of women is a feminist issue

Lindsay Macher November 10, 2015

Tutwiler Prison for Women in Wetumpka, Alabama, is one of the top ten worst women’s prisons in the nation. Since 2009, it has been under investigation for harsh conditions. So what does the phrase “harsh...

There's more to queens than their beauty

Lindsay Macher October 13, 2015

In the last week, the University has participated in homecoming festivities and traditions. Along with these celebrations has come controversy and media attention for the well-known GroupMe messages from...

Dress codes promote discrimination of marginalized communities

Lindsay Macher September 15, 2015

Cities across the country have been brought to national attention for enforcement of strict, unfair high school dress codes. Dress codes are inherently oppressive because they seek to regulate women's...

Response to “Southern women face prejudice, benefit from chivalry”

Cassidy Ellis February 18, 2015

An article by Leigh Terry entitled “Southern women face prejudices in job market, benefit from chivalry” argued that, despite the “privileges of Southern womanhood,” women from the South are leaving...

Dialogue and action key for progressive campus organizations

Cassidy Ellis September 1, 2014

I would like to start out by saying that I wholeheartedly agree with the majority of the points made in Samaria Johnson’s article, “The University must provide support for black students, not just...