The Heights

Dinorá Justice Blends Feminism, Nature, and Art in ‘Seeing As We Are’ Exhibition

Sunderya Ulziibold • May 5, 2025

On Tuesday evening, the Newton Cultural Alliance hosted a talk with Dinorá Justice, a Brazilian American and locally-based artist.

Watts In Response To: “To Promote Dialogue, Student Organizations Should Not Invite Prejudiced Speakers”

Hollie Watts • May 28, 2021

It is common sense that “To Promote Dialogue, Student Organizations Should Not Invite Prejudiced Speakers,” as The Heights’ Editorial Board wrote on May 3. Unfortunately, Boston College, including...

Reconciling Feminism Within Catholicism

Meghan McCoy • April 3, 2021

It is a distinct point of pride in my family that we are as Irish Catholic (and French Canadian!) as our names suggest: McCoy, O’Neil, Fealy, Ouellet. My mother frequently amused us with stories about...

Halsey Fights with Feminism Through ‘Nightmare’

Brenden Pollock • May 23, 2019

Halsey joined the discourse about women's rights and feminism over the weekend with the release of her latest single, "Nightmare."

An Open Letter to Kristan Hawkins

Alicia Kang • March 31, 2019

"We’re saying she has rights, and that she can use them as she pleases."

Sarah Kay Keynotes Women’s Summit

Isabella Cavazzoni, Maddie Deye, Katelyn Zilke, and Jhon de la Cruz • February 6, 2019

Kay, a spoken word poet, headlined the annual event, which also featured workshops led by various female figures who are a part of the BC community.

Schlozman Shakes Up Political Science Dept. Since ’74

Colleen Martin • November 4, 2018

Schlozman published an article about sexual harassment on college campuses in 1991.

Markey Urges Students to Stay Active After March for Our Lives

Jack Miller • March 25, 2018

Markey explained that part of the reason the March for Our Lives was so powerful was that it focused entirely on the next generation of leaders.

Encouraging Empowerment On and Off Campus

Madeleine Hughes • February 4, 2018

"But the more marches I attend and upsetting accusations I read in the news, my part in this change grows increasingly elusive."

Expanding Our Political Perspectives

Kelsey Connors • April 30, 2017

"Although our first instincts are to argue, dismiss, or ignore the solutions to political problems lie in listening, and asking questions with the goal of gaining a fuller understanding."

Christina Hoff Sommers Wants to ‘Make Feminism Great Again’

Sophia Fox • April 20, 2017

Sommers began her talk by jokingly declaring the room a “safe space” and describing herself as a “white, Jewish, cisgender, neurotypical woman with a non-gender conforming dog.”

Mending Attitudes and the Wage Gap

Emma Greco • March 29, 2017

"This inequality is real, and it is harmful and insulting to half of the American population, a half that works just as hard as the other."