In honor of the First Annual International Anti-Street Harassment Day coming up on March 20, 2011, I thought it would be an appropriate time to share a little spring break anecdote: As the loyal readers of ShoutOut probably know, I went with FamilyJules and Grrir on a fun-filled cruise to Mexico for Spring Break. We […]
Read More Mexic-OH…sir, that’s inappropriate.A funny, little cartoon on recent national health issues.
Read More Humor Really is The Best Medicine…A couple of weeks ago, fellow blogger, Blonde Redhead, told me about a conversation she had with a guy in one of her classes. As they were introducing themselves to one another, she told him that she wrote for a feminist blog on campus. The guy, assuming that he knew what blog she was referring […]
Read More JMU on “Her Campus”: Pros and ConsHey y’all, just wanted to take a break from our Spring Break hiatus to wish all of our lovely readers a happy International Women’s Day! Celebrate by taking a look at this list of awesome stuff women have done. Why? “Because women have done more in the past 10,000 years than just pop out babies […]
Read More Happy International Women’s Day, Everyone!LITERALLY! here, listen! Great song. Happy Spring Break all of you faithful readers 😀 ShoutOut will be going on a short hiatus for this week. I will be taking my hiatus on a cruise boat in Cozumel, Mexico. With grrrir and somethingbeany, as a matter of fact! Please don’t cry because ya’ll are jealous. I’ll […]
Read More I Love It When We’re Cruisin’ TogetherrrLast week in my queer lit class we watched a film released in 1961 called The Children’s Hour, featuring Audrey Hepburn, James Garner and Shirley MacLaine, all looking like this: Now, why am I talking about an old black-and-white film? Well, the premise of the film is that two teachers (Hepburn and MacLaine) start a […]
Read More Oh, Audrey Hepburn. You will always have my heart.So I was listening to NPR while driving in my Saab on my way home from the Farmer’s Market wearing my Tom’s (just kidding, I’m not that big a stereotype!)… But I heard a story I think all of you should listen to if you have a moment. It got my thinking back to ihavemythings’ […]
Read More Quick Hit: Female Reporters, Rape, Trauma and Correctional FacilitiesHello everyone! Given that we have plenty of new commentors and readers (welcome, by the way!), I wanted to post a quick refresher of our comment policy, which is located permanently under the “Laws of Discourse” link located at the top of the page: Everyone has something to say, and that’s exactly what a blog […]
Read More ShoutOut! Comment Policy Refresher CourseDon’t be stupid. Join me in boycotting Diesel. I admit the only article of clothing I own from there came from a Goodwill, but if I walked into a second-hand store tomorrow and found a whole new Diesel wardrobe on the racks, I would have to pass it by. As long as I can remember, Diesel […]
Read More Why I’m Done With DieselThere’s nothing I like more than sassy videos about gender stereotyping! Enjoy the one below, and watch the others in the Target Women series if you’ve got time. Whodathunk that feminists are humorous? My favorite line? “the gray hoodie: the ‘I have a masters but I got married’ look”
Read More Quick Hit: the Target Women Series
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