Feminist, [Cis]Gender, and Sexuality Studies Lily Zheng April 7, 2015 2 Comments Transgender and gender-expansive students at Stanford deserve acknowledgement, and especially so in classes that blithely slap “gender” on their course name and fail to critically do the concept... Read More »
In defense of safe spaces Lily Zheng March 29, 2015 10 Comments There are almost always critical spaces that push students from any and all communities to continue questioning and dealing with hard concepts, intersectionality, and conflicting worldviews. Most of... Read More »
A call to action in the wake of transgender death Lily Zheng March 3, 2015 32 Comments This is a call to action for the Stanford community, on campus and beyond. This is a call to action for those who have cared about our deaths in the past to begin caring about our lives. Read More »
Outstretched arms: questioning a normalized nonconsent Lily Zheng February 17, 2015 14 Comments It’s harder to turn down a drink at a party, harder to stop sex once it starts, harder to decline a hug when outstretched arms are coming your way. As students who interact with each other and a... Read More »
Wigs, wings and blatant misogyny: Complicating drag Lily Zheng February 1, 2015 1 Comment As drag becomes more and more a mainstay of our culture, it is important for those partaking in it – queer or not – to be mindful of and question the origins and implications of the personas we... Read More »
Civil disobedience is for the binary Lily Zheng January 27, 2015 2 Comments For as long as these structures exist as they are, civil disobedience will continue to be far more dangerous, difficult, and traumatizing for gender-nonconforming people, people of color, low-income... Read More »
Rainbow-colored bubbles: Leaving a safe campus Lily Zheng January 13, 2015 1 Comment The Stanford Bubble as an idea calls to mind a myriad of our campus’s complex qualities: frat parties and ethnic dorms, late-night coding and hookup culture, the ivory tower and startups. Sometimes,... Read More »
What is your gender? Lily Zheng November 19, 2014 4 Comments While gender has been a historically common demographic question, asking it as a choice between two binary options leaves much to be desired. We should move from unquestionably asking “male or... Read More »