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The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

UTD's student-run newspaper since 1980

The UTD Mercury

Unity needed to address equality regarding pay for working women

April 11, 2017

The gender pay gap is real. Women are consistently earning less money than men even when they have the same qualifications. In a political era filled with uncertainty and turmoil, now is the time to stand...

Stevie Cornett, Vanessa Joseph and April Harrison-Bader, members of the Intersectional Feminist Alliance at UTD, are planning to use the march as a jumping off point for advocacy projects. Photo by Roman Soriano | Mercury Staff.

Marching for progress

February 20, 2017

A month ago, the Women’s March on Washington amassed over one million marchers in D.C. and over five million protestors worldwide. In the event’s aftermath, feminist students and professors on campus...

Media pundit calls out tropes in video games

Media pundit calls out tropes in video games

February 24, 2015

Since she was just old enough to play her first Gameboy, feminist media critic Anita Sarkeesian has been an avid female gamer caught in a male gamer-dominated world. These days, she’s trying to change...

Director shares stories of women’s rights struggle

October 6, 2014

When she was 9 years old, Jennifer Lee didn’t just hear about the women’s liberation movement in New York; she lived it. “The women’s movement was happening, and you absorbed it,” Lee said. “The...

Miguel Perez|Editor-in-chief

Feminism is not for sale

October 6, 2014

Consumer culture, big business misconstrue, damage idea of feminism The demise of a human right It has always served in the interests of consumerism to place people in mutually exclusive boxes. “The...

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