The Urban Legend

Urban Event Update: the fall production Roads to Liberation: A Feminist Cabaret

Maya Campbell, Arts and Culture Editor • December 4, 2020

To attend this event click HERE The cast of the Roads to Liberation: A Feminist Cabaret Natalia A Ella J Molly B Philo J Morgan...

The Urban School and Lick Wilmerding co-host fourth annual Girl Talk

Ana Gorski, Head Fact Checker • May 30, 2017

Snaps of agreement resounded through the theater in collective understanding as those who identified with the female experience shared their stories. On Friday, April 21, Urban’s Students for Women’s...

20 Great Reads of 2015

Zachary Ngin, Book Critic • December 16, 2015

Here is a sampling of the best nonfiction articles of the year. MEET THE AMERICAN VIGILANTES WHO ARE FIGHTING ISIS Jennifer Percy – The New York Times Magazine “Like...

White female rappers match male misogyny

Olivia Morfit, Staff Writer • November 6, 2013

EDITOR'S NOTE: The following story contains explicit language that the Editors-in-Chief consider a necessary component of the story. The use of such language is reserved by the Legend staff for situations...

Sexism a problem for women not only in Israel, but in the U.S. as well

Hannah Gorman • November 2, 2010

The U.S. lets sexism off the hook, contenting ourselves with the fact that we are relatively equal compared to the world at large. But just because the challenge is not as clearly in the public eye does not mean that the injustice isn’t here.

Mother of Roe v. Wade speaks out on abortion, healthcare

Sabrina Werby, Staff writer • March 30, 2010

Among those watching the recent debate over healthcare reform was Sarah Weddington, who was on the front lines of the fight for reproductive rights in 1973 when she defended Norma McCorvey, the woman seeking...