Why madness knocks at woman’s door

Editor’s Note: The author, Brittany Harris, is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. Women are often seen as emotional creatures, and for the most part, they are. Certain races see women as delicate beings who must be catered [...]

Planning a wedding can turn anyone into Bridezilla

Editor’s Note: Author Tammy Giovannini is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. Here she comes down the aisle. The music is playing, the flowers are full and fragrant, and all any of their guests can think is, [...]

Don’t let society stop women’s evolution with money and sex

Editor’s Note: Author Toccara Gaines Vaughn is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. I turn on the TV, and a commercial promoting beer has a sexy woman wearing a low-cut blouse and little shorts advertising how tasty [...]

The Bad Girls Club: Why so bad?

Editor’s Note: Author Hanne-Lore Fisher is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. The Bad Girls Club is a reality television show including several different women who claim to be “bad” in one way or another. Some of the [...]

I am a feminist

Editor’s Note: Author Ashley Ezerski is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. You’re not a feminist unless you love mothers. Yes, stay-at-home mom here — party of four– and I’m one of them feminists too! Don’t get [...]

How trying to write a blog essay is driving this chick crazy

Editor’s Note: The author, Laura Stuart, is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. Writer’s block sucks. You have this great idea for an essay rolling around in your brain. You’ve mentally sorted out what and where every [...]

Writer for men’s online mag betrays women everywhere

Editor’s Note: The author is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. This semester, I took a Women’s Studies course entitled “That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness.” During current event presentations by some of my peers, one [...]

Imagining the stifled life of Judith Shakespeare

Editor’s Note: Author Alexandra Didato is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. After reading Virginia Woolf’s “Thinking About Shakespeare’s Sister,” I couldn’t help but agree with her interpretation of what Shakespeare’s sister’s life would have been like. [...]

OC3? Or simply keeping up with the Joneses?

Editor’s Note: Author Michelle Booth is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness, at The University of Akron. Recently while surfing the net, I came across an article that I found offensive.  The article written by Alison Finch, a self-declared self-esteem coach, is [...]

Vaginas are the unknown — and some people at Polsky want to keep it that way

Editor’s Note: Author Beth Thomason is a student in the fall 2010 Women’s Studies Program Special Topics course, That Chick is Crazy: Women and Madness. She is also a member of Liberation in Progress. It is no secret that our vaginas must be kept secret. This sort of don’t ask don’t tell policy has been [...]