Little Miss Opinionated

By: Bella Carbone   When I began my educational career at Northeastern, I thought I had my mind set on becoming a lawyer post-undergraduate school. I had been learning about law throughout my high school career through the Law and Public Safety program at my school. The thought that something else may be my passion was off the table because I had believed I would have wasted too much time on the subject of law to “give up” on it. So, I came into Northeastern studying a BA in History, Law, and Culture with a concentration in Gender & Sexuality Studies. This concentration path singlehandedly changed my life and career goals. Under this path, I took the course Reproductive Justice with Professor Margot Abels. This class and Margot have had a deep impact on my passions as well as the rest of my studies at Northeastern. It was the first time I had been exposed to Women’s studies and feminism in the classroom. I truly felt like I had unlocked a superpower in my life because for the f...

By Brrrrrr Girl i don’t know how i am going to survive the rest of the winter, im freezing literally. my toes  and fingers cannot take this pain any longer, i long for the heat so bad at this point. I haven’t felt warm in days. i wish my heater worked appropriately because that would be a lifesaver. It feels like spring and summer will never come. Months away feels impossible. The winter of ‘24 might be the one to take me out for good, that’s how it feels right now at least. i’m so cold.

By: Serena Turner Even though I am a radical feminist who doesn’t believe in gender roles, for some reason I cant seem to shake my desire to be a mother. I want to nurture and raise a child, teach them everything I know and help prepare them for the world. I want to be a mother so that I have purpose in this world and so I can do good for this world. I want to be a parent because I know that feeling of seeing your kid smile up at you will feel more fulfilling than anything else. Maybe part of this comes from up upbringing as the oldest sibling of four, as a second mother. Maybe a part of me wants to have a child so I can finally get the credit for raising them. I also think I have a desire to teach and share my knowledge with the world. But my expertise is not in any specific field, it is from my lived experiences and feelings. This is why I do not believe I could be a formal school teacher, but I could be a mother.

By: Bella Carbone           I write this blog post, sitting home alone on a Friday night, just my computer screen and I. Typically, home on a Friday is not a big deal for me because I am with my girlfriend whom I live with. Staying at home is our own little heaven as we can enjoy all the activities, affection, and affirmation we love to partake in, in the privacy of our own home. Now, this friday night she has plans so, I am here left with my own presence. For some, this scenario may feel ideal as they could not wait to be left with just themselves. Yet, the aloneness I sit with is an isolating feeling that leads to negativity, depression, and anxiety. This is not how I always feel when I am alone. When it is a warm summer day and I wake and bake in the comfort of my empty home with no responsibilities but to walk my dog and swim in the pool, I can not wait for the feeling of an empty home.  Alas, I must give a bit more context as that is when I am not...

By: Bella Carbone As someone studying media & screen studies in college, I can not help but critically analyze all the media I consume. Especially, coming from someone who is an advocate for media literacy (in the way where I think media studies is valuable and not a waste of time hehe). So, it is safe to say a lot of the television and movies I indulge in during my free time are not very feminist. Heck, some of them would not even pass the Bechdel Test and that is a low bar to miss. In the sea of quite sexist, racist, homophobic, and patriarchal media that’s out there lies a diamond in the rough. That diamond is the creative lovechild of writers (and comedienne) Michelle Buteau and Danielle Sanchez-Witzel, Survival of the Thickest, on Netflix.  For starters, the show is centered on middle-aged, big girl Mavis who just got out of a long-term relationship with a cheating ass mf so, she must start from scratch as her and her shared everything from the workplace to the home space....