Sexist dress codes are yet another way our society sexualizes young women and tells them that they need to modify their bodies to prevent other people's discomfort.

I have found myself critically examining elements of my own privilege as an American from a metropolitan area that I had previously taken for granted.

Many educational institutions in Tunisia — especially those in rural areas, where people are generally more conservative and traditional — separate girls and boys from each other within the same class so that female students won’t mix with the male students.

The February 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School may be the tragic event that finally leads to the change this country needs to finally address gun control.

The fight against injustice will always be long and often discouraging. The only way to persist is to choose a cause you feel that your life—and the lives of others—depends on, one you can speak to from (for lack of a better, less cheesy phrase) the heart.

Especially during Black History Month, it’s important to not only consider, but prioritize, those who exist at the intersection of marginalized identities.

Finally, audiences — many for the first time ever — get to see a complex black superhero supported by a majority black cast, who thrive in positions of royalty and power based on their society’s technological advancement, in an Afrocentric environment.

When we got off the bus, everything changed. I felt my innocence leave me that day as I began to grasp what it meant to be a woman.

Formula One racing recently announced it would end decades of ceremonial tradition by abolishing “grid girls” — young “promotional models” who introduce the races and are sprayed with champagne by the winning driver.

In early January, H&M came under fire for an ad campaign that many people considered racist and this incident is hardly the first example of a company marketing racist products.

No matter how much the President of the United States may want to deny it, climate change is real.