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GRAPHIC: CASEY WOOD ’23/THE HAWK

Making room for intersectionality in neurodiversity

Tayler Washington May 4, 2022

ADHD/ADD in women I’ve been on Lexapro, an antidepressant, since I was 17. I knew something was wrong when I got in my car for the first day of senior year of high school and cried in my driveway...

Reflecting on Day of Dialogue 2022

Reflecting on Day of Dialogue 2022

The Hawk Staff February 22, 2022

A day off from class or a day to self-educate? St. Joe’s canceled classes on Feb. 16 and held its third annual Day of Dialogue (DOD). The day consisted of 80 sessions and a variety of different events...

We’re here too

We’re here too

Tayler Washington March 2, 2021

Intersectionality in the feminist movement Feminism was created by and for white women, with their needs and experiences in mind.  Malcolm X said it best, “The most neglected person in America is the...

ILLUSTRATION: CASEY WOOD ’23/THE HAWK

ACLU chief equity & inclusion officer speaks on intersectionality and allyship

Giana Longo September 29, 2020

Amber Hikes, chief equity & inclusion officer of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), spoke to students, faculty and staff  about intersectionality, allyship and creating inclusive communities...

 Panel of St. Joe’s students for the first annual Queeries event in 2019. PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS ’22/THE HAWK

SJUPride’s Queeries event answers questions about LGBT+ issues

Giana Longo September 29, 2020

SJUPride members, students and other St. Joe’s community members joined a Zoom meeting from their homes to share and listen to common experiences of members of the LGBTQIA+ community during SJUPride’s...

Pride and Trans flags are displayed at the Queeries panel, held by SJUPride in the fall of 2019 PHOTO: MITCHELL SHIELDS 22/THE HAWK

Despite racial marginalization, Black transgender women “at the front” of the LGBT movement

Cara Smith June 30, 2020

The 51st annual Pride Month was commemorated amidst the coronavirus pandemic and a national and international uprising against anti-Black racism and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd....

Radiant Bloom Productions told the story of feminism in the U.S. PHOTO: Raven Smith ’20

The f-word is Feminism — a history of the controversy

Jackie Collins November 19, 2019

The f-word is feminism, at least it is in Radiant Bloom Productions’, “The F-word,” a show that celebrates the diversity of women and the many conflicting beliefs about feminism. The Women’s Leadership...

Robyn Fenty for president

Robyn Fenty for president

Hadassah Colbert October 29, 2019

Why I want to be Rihanna when I grow up My life was forever changed in 2005 when a young woman from the small island of Barbados named Robyn Rihanna Fenty (or as many may know her, Rihanna) stepped onto...

A seat at the table

A seat at the table

Hadassah Colbert October 1, 2019

How black women are continuously left out of the conversation In his speech “Who taught you to hate yourself,” the late Malcolm X declares: “The most disrespected woman in America is the black woman....

Carmen Maria Machado’s book “Her Body And Other Parties.” PHOTO: CHARLEY REKSTIS ’20/THE HAWK

Women and their bodies

Sabrina Stampe February 12, 2019

Author speaks about underrepresented women Award-winning author and former St. Joe’s adjunct professor, Carmen Maria Machado did a reading from her book of short stories, “Her Body and Other Parties.”  Machado...

An undeniable influence

An undeniable influence

Dominique Joe and Ann Marie Maloney February 27, 2018

The legacy of Audre Lorde Audre Lorde is a name that not many people know, but for those of us who do, we know it as the name of a woman connected to almost every sociological and political movement from...

Cultivating queer spaces

Cultivating queer spaces

Lucy Higgins February 12, 2018

What we learned and how to implement it on campus This year’s Creating Change LGBTQIA+ Conference was both an invigorating and challenging experience for Rachel Cox ’19, KC E. Collins ’20 and myself....

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