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Ashton Applewhite, anti-ageism activist, spoke at Ithaca College Oct. 23 as part of the Gerontology Institute Speaker Series. She discussed discrimination based on age.

Anti-ageism activist speaks about fighting discrimination

By Ashley Stalnecker, Staff Writer • October 30, 2017
Ashton Applewhite, anti-agism activist, is a leading spokesperson in the movement against discrimination on basis of age. She spoke at Ithaca College Oct. 23.
Barstool Ithaca is a social media account on Instagram and Twitter that has posted content making fun of rape and commentary about Ithaca College athletes that include sexual references about women.

Barstool Ithaca raises questions about sports culture at IC

By Grace Elletson, News Editor • October 25, 2017
A newly created social media account is raising questions about sexism in sports culture at Ithaca College.
Editorial: Weinstein case a reminder that sexism is rampant

Editorial: Weinstein case a reminder that sexism is rampant

October 11, 2017
The fact that a man like Weinstein, who had so much power over the young women he worked with, was able to take advantage of his co-workers for so long is simply unacceptable.
Seniors Erin McClory and Alex McKeen, members of the ICTV executive staff, write that it is important to create an environment free of sexism.

Commentary: ICTV actively working to address sexism

By Alex McKeen and Erin McClory • November 2, 2016
It is our goal to create an atmosphere in which students feel comfortable sharing incidents of oppression with producers and the executive staff.

Trump’s misogyny represents a larger problem

By Emma Whitestone • October 25, 2016
Unfortunately, our society has not gotten past misogyny, and women still have to deal with harassment on a daily basis.
Commentary: Even female Olympic champions cannot escape sexism

Commentary: Even female Olympic champions cannot escape sexism

By Riley Ludwig • August 24, 2016
"However, even during the sporting event that ideally should consider all athletes equally for the accomplishment of being an Olympian, women are treated in ways that men will never be."
Editorial: College must recognize harm of microaggressions

Editorial: College must recognize harm of microaggressions

By The Ithacan • May 4, 2016
While most microaggressions are unintentional, the negative impact they have on students must be acknowledged.
From left, Cindi Berger 83, assistant professor Chrissy Guest and Allison Usavage 11 discuss issues of representation of women in the media during the Roy H. Park School of Communications Women in Media Panel on March 8, one of the events during the Park Schools Women in Media Month.

Media Wonderwomen: Ithaca College celebrates women in media

By Kate Nalepinski, Staff Writer • March 9, 2016
In order to emphasize the power women deserve and to shine a light on the underrepresentation of women, the Park School created its first-ever Women in Media Month, holding events that recognize influential women in the business.
Kristiina Korpus ’13 speaks April 5 at Ithacon, a comic book convention in Ithaca that was hosted at Ithaca College this year. Korpus spoke about the history of women in comic books and their controversial depictions.

Ithacon speaker discusses female comic tropes

By Tylor Colby, Staff Writer • April 9, 2014
Kristiina Korpus '13 gave a talk on April 5 at Ithacon discussing sexism in Japanese anime. Staff Writer Tylor Colby sat down with Korpus to further discuss her thoughts regarding female representation in comic books.
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