The Connector
The Connector
Jen Schwartz
Jen Schwartz is the opinions editor for SCAN and the Connector, a writing major and an all-around ridiculous/awesome person.

How the ‘Cool Girl’ trope is damaging to women

It’s well known that there are a myriad of tropes for female characters in Hollywood but the “Cool Girl” isn’t discussed nearly as much as the other ones. This is most likely based on a false assumption that it isn’t damaging to women.
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Mothers are people, too

Via Paper Magazine After appearing in a NSFW photo shoot for Paper Magazine’s winter issue, Kim Kardashian has once again come under scrutiny for the revealing nature of the photographs.
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What’s so bad about being basic?

Illustration by Jamel Jones. As fall rolls around, so do the anticipated jokes about white girls and their affinity for pumpkin spiced lattes and UGG boots. Said white girls are
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Enough with sexist dress codes

Photo by LuAnne DeMeo I’ve had it up to here (here being the part of my thigh where my fingertips rest, which is clearly the determining factor in whether or
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Macklemore is not your ally

Though Macklemore’s intentions are seemingly in the right place I cannot help but squirm when his fans make him out to be some sort of hero to minorities. Whether or
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