MTV Braless

- Season 2

(2015)

50 Shades of Grey just broke box office records, and the internet has exploded with love, hate, and love-hate. But what's really behind this phenomenon? Are the books about an abusive relationship, or are they an empowering sexual fantasy?

For a long time, many of TV's women-centric plotlines were about their romantic interests. After Tina Fey and Amy Poehler lead the charge, we've seen many more portrayals of female friendships on television.

Gender roles are the set of social expectations assigned based on your sex...which like...might not have anything to do with who you are as a person. And where do we learn some of these social norms? DISNEY.

Do girls lie about rape? Between the Cosby accusers and the staggering statistics concerning campus rape, the common thread of sexual assault victims is people not believing them. But why?

Slut shaming is a huge problem in our culture as it implies that sexual women are "bad" and should feel ashamed. At what point do women stop shaming each other and start building each other up?

Lately, more and more fraternities have popped up in the news with troubling stories of racism and sexism. Does this mean that greek culture is a toxic one overall?

What are sexy beer ads actually doing to society? Why does our culture gender drinks by associating men with beer? And how is this reflected in the beer industry as a whole?

We're in a gender revolution. But what exactly does all of this mean? Why is it good to break out of the gender binary? And is it problematic to have so many rich white celebrities as the faces of this movement?

Mad Max: Fury Road came out recently and everyone's buzzing about how it's a feminist movie. How do they show the dangers of hyper-masculinity? And is Mad Max pushing a secret feminist agenda?

It's summer time...which means time for beaches and bikinis. Yay...? Girls are constantly bombarded with magazines and advertisements telling them HOW TO GET A BIKINI BODY.