So what I’m about to tell you all is something I’m really not proud of– it’s difficult for me to confess. I’ve managed to keep it somewhat on the down low since it reared its ugly head a few years ago, but for the purposes of this post you must know that I am a […]
Read More The Woe That Is TwilightNow, I’ve realized the sad truth that most guys (and I don’t mean all!) don’t follow feminist ideas or even know what it truly means so I wasn’t shocked to know that my boyfriend didn’t even know Women’s Studies was a minor. He believes in necessary equality for women and men, but just hasn’t had […]
Read More Is LOUD Feminism Really Making an Impact?This magazine preview discusses sex education in the US. Two ways public schools approach such discussions: abstinence-only or abstinence-based sex education. The piece also explains the beginning of sex education in the US and how it has evolved. Teaching Good Sex by Laurie Abraham
Read More Quick Hit: NY Times “Teaching Good Sex” Magazine PreviewI remember sitting in my “Intro to Women’s Studies” class and talking about a study published by the Duke University Women’s Initiative. The study isolated that most women at Duke University, including faculty, alumnae, etc, felt pressure to achieve an “effortless perfection.” This was defined as the feeling by the women that they had […]
Read More Don’t Stress ItThis past week, I had the privilege to celebrate the 89th Founder’s week celebration for my sorority Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority Inc. We took the week to celebrate sisterhood, scholarship, and service, and truly desire to continue the legacy of our 7 founders. We had so many events throughout the week, from Sex Masquerades to […]
Read More 89 Years of Sisterhood, Scholarship, and Service!!*Trigger Warning* In this last week, there has been much in the news about the recent arrest of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and the subsequent firing of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, affectionately known as JoePa. Wait a minute, I know you’re wondering why I’m talking about Penn State football on a […]
Read More Thoughts on Penn StateA family? Children? A job, marriage, a lover, or a PhD.? Come young women, we must start picking and choosing now what we want, because we can’t have it all. We are told from a young age that if we put our sweat and blood into what we do, we can have it all. But, […]
Read More The Picking and Choosing in a Woman’s LifeDuring the week I met with another contributor to discuss ideas for an upcoming discussion on women’s issues; with such an open topic for discussion, we naturally began to speculate on what other people would want to discuss. One of the first things I expect when I imagine the average person discussing “women’s issues” is […]
Read More Should Men Be Involved in the Abortion Debate?I ran across this op-ed piece by David Brooks of NY Times this morning. I found it a bit humorous. He speaks on the unacceptable and acceptable inequalities in the US. He begins with, “Foreign tourists are coming up to me on the streets and asking, ‘David, you have so many different kinds of inequality […]
Read More Quick Hit: NY Times Op-Ed ‘Inequality Map’My majors have done a lot for me. As a political science and justice studies double major, I may not have job security immediately after college as opposed to my business major counterparts, but I can guarantee you that I will get a job I love…eventually. But even if I don’t, I’m satisfied knowing that […]
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