Emily Spangler

Emily Spangler is a high school sophomore in Illinois. She co-directs and is a blogger for ProgressWomen, a website that promotes progressive politics, the importance of feminism and empowering women. She is an advocate for reproductive health and justice, LGBT issues, and women in public policy.

Sexism Is Alive and Well Among ‘Generation Z’

Emily Spangler

Generation Z—made up of people who were born between the early 1990s and 2010—is so accustomed to everyday sexism that most of us do not even notice when demeaning language is used, let alone call it out, when we hear it in songs like "Blurred Lines."