I am not feeling like much of a feminist today. How could I, after spending two days in bed mourning the loss of my ex-boyfriend? We did the thing, I am sure you have experienced it or heard, where you get back together for a relationship death rattle after time apart. Aside from being the […]
Read More Virginia Woolf Saves the DayThe title is punny, but I promise, it’s got a purpose. 🙂 As some of you may know, I’m a social work major and love to geek out about it. It combines an academic focus (theories, important figures and movements) with a hands-on approach to solving social problems. We look at privilege and oppression, gender […]
Read More social activism from the most “intimate” of placesI’ve never really had anything against PETA; as an activist myself, my hat goes off to people who are willing to stand up for what they believe in by using peaceful and non-violent means. In fact, I tried going veg in high school because of the horrendous treatment of animals in the food industry (it […]
Read More PETA: Respect Animals, Not WomenYou may have heard or read that CBS chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan has recently arrived in Washington, DC to be treated after being sexually assaulted and beaten by a mob in Egypt. The question I would like to pose is if women should report news in situations where mobs have broken out? In areas […]
Read More Should Women Report in Confliciting Areas?This is the most difficult post I’ve ever had to write. If I had to list the most influential women in my life, my mom and my Aunt Lori would be dangerously close to the top of the list. I grew up down the street from my Aunt, Uncle and 3 cousins. But we are […]
Read More Breasts are for hearts, not for cancer.On March 4, 2007, Lauren Chief Elk and April Grolle, two members of the De Anza College soccer team, were leaving a house party when they sensed that something suspicious was going on in one of the back rooms where the door was closed and the lights were turned off. In ktvu.com‘s coverage of the […]
Read More “No Woman Left Behind”: Encouraging the Notion of Becoming an Active BystanderMaybe you all have heard about the recent uproar over Justin Bieber’s anti-choice comments in his recent interview with Rolling Stone. In case you haven’t here’s the important quote: “I really don’t believe in abortion,” Bieber says. “It’s like killing a baby?” How about in cases of rape? “Um. Well, I think that’s really sad, […]
Read More Quick Hit: Justin Bieber Weighs in on AbortionAh, yet another gem brought to you by feministing.com. The next time you’re taking out the trash in your sweatpants (Clearly you’re asking for this attention. What are you even doing outside in public, patriarchal territory if not looking to be objectified, right?) and get an oh-so admiring and respectful catcall from a passerby, try […]
Read More Quickhit: Need a response to that catcall?So this is sort of a continuation from my last blog, “Stupidity Comes in all shapes, sizes, and sexual orientations.” Last night at the Madison Equality meeting, we hosted a meeting to show the intersections between the LGBT and feminist communities. The focus was on street harassment because that is Sisterspeak’s focus this semester. Therefore, […]
Read More Feminist Follow-Up!As I sat today, watching a female friend play Call of Duty for the first time on her brand new XBox 360, she made a statement that made me think: “I’m just crappy at the moment, the other players don’t wanna play with me.” This got me thinking about women and the video gaming industry. […]
Read More Video games and feminism: are they mutually exclusive?
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