Danielle Paradis

Bio

Danielle is a writer for the Identities section of Policy Mic. She writes about pop culture and identity politics. She holds a Master of Arts in Learning and Technology. She's Metis. Danielle loves Boston Terriers, long blocks of text, and binge-watching series on Netflix. She's just started running recently and hopes it will stop being so hard soon. Lives and writes in Canada

A Photographer Showcases the 98 Kinds of Real Beauty You Won't See in Magazines

By Danielle Paradis

"She wins who calls herself beautiful and challenges the world to change to truly see her," said Naomi Wolf in The Beauty Myth in 1990. Since then, we haven't seen much of a change in the way women are viewed. Thinness, whiteness, youth and…

9 Photos of Children Bravely Challenging the Definition of Binary Gender Expression

By Danielle Paradis

Imagine living in a world that didn't understand who you were, that called you weird or strange or sick. Now imagine a camp where you could go and hang out with other children who were just like you, a haven where you were safe to be yourself. This…

A Woman Got Back at the Sexist Creeps of Tinder With These Brilliant Images

By Danielle Paradis

When Anna Gensler first downloaded the dating app Tinder in February, she didn't realize that along with your garden-variety single man, the app would bring her face to face — or phone screen to screen — as it were with a whole community of charming…

#RapeCultureIsWhen Is the Perfect Answer to Everyone Who Denies Rape

By Danielle Paradis

There's nothing like calling a group of women hysterical to undermine their argument. Caroline Kitchens, a research assistant at the right-wing think tank American Enterprise Institute, trotted out the old "feminists be crazy" trope in a scoffing…

You Can #BanBossy, I'd Rather #BanBitch

By Danielle Paradis

Sheryl Sandberg doesn't like girls being called bossy. After her last successful campaign for middle-class ladies to "lean-in," Sandberg's latest project has rallied an all-star group of lady-troops — Condoleezza Rice, Beyoncé and Jennifer Garner —…

In “The Year of the Bush,” This Woman’s Brazilian Is Guilt-Free

By Danielle Paradis

If you're all finished reading about St. Patrick's Day shenanigans, marveling over the sexism that has become a delightful hallmark of this green-tinged holiday, I have a hair situation I would like to discuss with you. It's an age-old question, and…

Katniss Everdeen is My Alter Ego

By Danielle Paradis

Last weekend, I watched Catching Fire, the second movie adaptation of The Hunger Games trilogy. In one standout scene, Haymitch Abernathy looks over at our heroine, Katniss Everdeen, and tells her that one of the men in her budding love triangle,…

I Don't Want My Marriage To Go Viral

By Danielle Paradis

When I was 14, I was going to marry Lance Bass of *NSYNC fame (yes, yes, I know) because he was good-looking and rich and famous. Hi Lance! <3 you. If I couldn’t marry him, then perhaps the artistic, dark-haired, blue-eyed boy at school would do,…

Let's All Raise Our Selfie Awareness

By Danielle Paradis

Editor's note: This piece has been updated. You can pry my selfies from my cold dead hands, and then (since I am now dead) admire how good I looked when I was still alive. This week, the internet let out a collective groan when the Oxford…

Lily Allen's New Video Doesn't Empower Me, Or Anyone Else

By Danielle Paradis

"I'll buy you a drink if you show me your tits," a man said to me. It was amateur strip night at the local peeler club. I turned to look at him, surprised that in a place full of women being paid to perform for him, he had to come and bother me. I…