Sarah Galo

Bio

Sarah Galo is a recent graduate with a degree in Literature from a small liberal arts college. In addition to PolicyMic, her writing has appeared in Salon and The Line Campaign's Where is Your Line Blog. She regularly tweets about her cats, new-found love of BBC dramas, and whatever book she is currently reading. She resides in the Greater New York City Area.
As a teenager, I was constantly instructed to be mindful of my attire. In my church’s youth group, we were advised that "modest is hottest," and that by dressing like godly young women we would be protecting our male friends from "temptation." The…
"I'm not interested in teaching books written by women."  Without context, I might assume this quote is from a professor at the turn of the 20th century. I wish I were wrong. Professor and novelist David Gilmour of the University of Toronto recently…
While the inclusion of women in high profile federal positions may not seem so entirely extraordinary in the 2013, it took nearly 200 years for a woman to be sworn in as a justice of the Supreme Court. The nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor in 1981,…
In the past year, we have seen the devastating effects of rape culture from Steubenville to Penn State to the untimely deaths of survivors to the documentary The Invisible War. We have read and heard victim-blaming and the ignorant comments of…
For some strange reason, I never met the Huxtable family until the early 2000s, long after The Cosby Show had ended. But I quickly learned to love the show and made Claire Huxtable my role model. As pointed out by Jezebel, Claire is the perfect…
I do not celebrate Father's Day. I officially stopped celebrating seven years ago when my father moved out. Please understand this was, and still is, a very good thing. Aside from sending Father's Day cards to my grandfather and a close family…
In Annie Hall, the character of Alvy Singer quips, “Sylvia Plath, interesting poetess whose tragic suicide was misinterpreted as romantic by the college girl mentality.” While Plath has been romanticized, to minimize her influence to her final act…
There is a critical moment halfway through Noah Baumbach's latest film, Frances Ha. When the titular character is the awkward third wheel at a party, she describes her idea of a perfect relationship. For Frances, it would be defined by a knowing…
Fans of Before Sunrise and Before Sunset will finally find out whether Jesse missed his plane in the long-awaited sequel, Before Midnight. While it will be interesting to see the progression of the relationship between Jesse and Celine, I am most…
All federal departments are currently experiencing cuts due to the sequestration, however none sound quite as grim, as the department of defense is slowing down plans for hiring 829 sexual assault response coordinators. In light of the recently…
On May 3, the New York Times ran a short briefing titled "Four Morehouse College Students Face Sex Charges," then detailed the names of the four male athletes who raped two females at a neighboring college. While the title was quickly changed to…