I am going to start calling my “Quick hits,” “Medium hits,” because lets face it, for any of you who actually read my work, there never really quick. I was speaking with my girlfriend last night at Carrier, neglecting and procrastinating to review Plato, after my friend viewed a piece of work which used the “N” […]
Read More Medium Hit: These little words…GSBCNFSo I’ll admit that I’m not a huge TV person. I grew up in the woods, where cable was nonexistent. I spent my childhood watching only NBC, so unless it’s Saturday Night Live or a rerun of Friends chances are I’ve never seen it. I have, however, just moved into a house with a roommate […]
Read More Mad Men and The Playboy ClubAll I’ve heard about for the past 2 months has had something to do with somebody’s “big wedding”. Royalty, celebrities, and even my older sister have thrown their wedding plans all over. To make it better, my sister has asked my opinion on everything. From the dress to save-the-dates and even to the ring. Happy […]
Read More Do All Little Feminists Dream of Their Wedding Day?The past few years have been pretty big for anti-choice legislation and activism, from “personhood” bills to TRAP laws and the major attacks on Planned Parenthood last year during the debates over the budget and government shutdown. All of these attacks on choice are incredibly dangerous and challenge women’s bodily agency and access to important […]
Read More Don’t Let Virginia Women get TRAPped in Red Tape.Is there a right way into becoming a woman? More specifically, is there a right way into becoming a young woman? Feminism is a space to learn about gender, sexuality, patriarchy, social constructions and constraints, intimacy, economics, politics. In being a baby Feminist, meaning I have 3 years under my belt, I have learned so […]
Read More Am I Doing This Right?For those of you that don’t religiously read feministing.com like I do, I wanted to share an interesting article they linked to at racialicious. The piece talks about race and it’s interplay with sex at SlutWalk NYC. In short, a young girl showed up with a sign saying “Woman is the N***er of the World.”
Read More Quick Hit: Race, Gender, and Oppression in the SlutWalk movementA friend of mine posted the following article, and I felt it deserved sharing and commenting on. While the article focuses mostly on the consequences that the oppression of women in impoverished countries has on the economy, I think there are a few other issues that relate to the topic; in the United States, it […]
Read More Glancing at the Oppression of Women and Economic DisparityYesterday in French class I was lamenting to my close friend that I had no idea if words shaped thought or thought shaped the words we used, specifically in the context of sexism. I used to think that what a person believed was expressed by the words and discourse they employed, but after a long […]
Read More Consciousness-Raising (and Some French Verbs Too)Women all over the world deserve a lot of credit. But I would argue that women in the developing world, especially Africa, deserve the most recognition. To conceptualize the struggles and the hardships African women have to face on a daily basis is unimaginable. You’ve got to hand it to them—they’re strong women. In my […]
Read More African ‘Her’story: Women entrepreneursThis afternoon I stumbled upon AskMen.com. (Now, if you’re not aware of this website, it has about 15 million readers and quite resembles the stereotypical male version of Cosmopolitan. ) Anyway, I came across this article, “Myths About What Women Want.” And I was definitely intrigued. Initially when I started reading, the myths were about […]
Read More Dear men, please don’t stop the chivalry!.. NOT.
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