For those of you who don’t know, the Mississippi Personhood Act was a legislative initiative being pushed for that would legally declare that life begins at conception/fertilization of a human egg and in turn creating personhood at that time, functionally making abortion murder in the eyes of the law. Now, this legislation didn’t pass, but […]
Read More Mississippi Personhood Act — Defeated!!I came across two articles the other day that I thought I might discuss on the blog. The first is titled, “Waiting for Good Joe,” and is written by Tim Harford of Slate Magazine. In the article, Harford provides readers with a seemingly unimportant (in the grand scheme of things) statistic: “Men get their coffee […]
Read More I’d Like a Small Coffee, and I Want it 20 Seconds Faster.So as an English major, I’ve considered (an insanely large amount of times) the narrowness of the literary canons we study. Furthermore, as a Women’s Studies minor, I’m constantly noticing the absence of multi-ethnic women (and women in general) in my literature classes. Unless you’re taking an English class that’s cross-referenced with Women’s Studies, you […]
Read More The Power of PatriarchyGrowing up in southwest Virginia was an experience I’ll never forget or ever want to change. It was full of shoe-less summers, winters by the fire, and a few early mornings spent waking up somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains. Luckily, even though I was constantly surrounded by everything that was considered remotely Southern Virginia, I […]
Read More I Grew up in Southwest Virginia and I Grew up a Feminist.No, no, no… If we are ever going to have equality between the sexes, we have to have both sexes understanding, complying, and fighting for such equality. You are right, just because a man is for women’s rights does not mean he is a Feminist. Or does it?… Pro-feminism: persons who support the cause of […]
Read More Mythhbustin’ Monday: Only Women Can Be FeministsWhile criticizing the reinforcement of gender roles in everyday life is important, as it calls attention to instances of denigration and belittlement that may go unnoticed by the average person, there should also be some arguments made for why the idea of gender roles should be thrown away. To make a satisfactory argument for such […]
Read More Working Out Some Foundations (For myself, and maybe you too)With the social constructions and societal roles in our patriarchal world, in what ways can these barriers be contorted? What is custom and reserved for males, can women too take on these conventions? To elaborate, when a person opens the door for others. Generally, this undertaking is reserved for males. But what if I open […]
Read More Buy a Man a BeerThis is a joint post from femistorian and Katie O. After a successful protest against the Genocide Awareness Project that was unfortunately on our campus Wednesday and Thursday of last week, we were disheartened to see a post supportive of GAP on the feminist blog we contribute to. As feminists and women’s studies minors, we […]
Read More Why We Need ChoiceDear men of JMU, I understand that in writing this letter, there are some wonderful men out there who won’t need to read this, or who will read this and say “This is terrible, I can’t believe men act like this.” To you, I say thanks for being awesome and sorry that I even have […]
Read More To my male peers, what I wished you knew…Hello all! I know that ksensabaugh posted yesterday about the Genocide Awareness Project, that took place on the Commons both today and yesterday; but I really wanted to lend my thoughts about it as well as the conversation that I had with one of the women from the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform. As I walked […]
Read More Abortion is Genocide…? Lets let God decide, as we take a look at an extremist view of the issue
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