I recently did a presentation on female genital mutilation, and thought it would be a good idea to post about a topic so few are informed about. Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure that’s performed on women in three major forms. Clitodirectomy consists of the removal of the clitoris, while excision requires the removal […]
Read More Female Circumcision: Battle for the BodyThis week at The Bitchin’ Table, femonfire and aliasmitch are angry. So angry that they are willing to start an arbitrary facebook group that demands everyone they don’t like to be fired from their jobs because these people shouldn’t have jobs (because we said so.) We will call ourselves 5 Zillion Deviants and we will […]
Read More The Bitchin’ Table: The One Million Homophobic Moms EditionTrigger Warnings: Bullying Suicide Over winter break, I read a very interesting book, targeted towards young adults, called Thirteen Reason Why by Jay Asher, published in 2007. It touches on many different subjects that I feel really need to be brought up more in our society. This novel hits on many important issues that people […]
Read More Thirteen Reasons Why – Book ReviewFeminist fatigue. I think we all have different names for it, but they all refer to the same phenomenon: being a feminist is exhausting. Physically, mentally, emotionally. And sometimes you deal with it well, and sometimes you don’t and you just feel worn down and tired, and that feeling is what I call “feminist fatigue.” […]
Read More Even Rebel Girls Need A Break SometimesHey readers! Tonight at 8 PM in Miller 1101, aliasmitch and I will be representing ShoutOut! in a forum on women’s issues hosted by the College Democrats. Topics include the gender pay gap, sexual education, and abortion. I hope to see you there!
Read More Signal boost: Women’s Issues Forum tonight!The Super Bowl is generally pretty rampant with commercials littered with sexist attitudes hoping to draw in male stereotypes by exploiting female ones. Maybe this is the first year where I have actually sat through the whole game, but these commercials just screamed out at me this Sunday night. The first one that really grabbed […]
Read More Super Bowl Sunday: A Feminist Recap*Trigger Warning* Okay readers, bear with me for a second. I know we’ve been talking about politics a LOT here at ShoutOut. Between Katie O.’s post on Mitt Romney’s long history of flip-flopping to a recent Bitchin’ Table about Rick Santorum’s homophobia, we’ve covered just about all of the current crop of Republican candidates. But […]
Read More Election 2012: Republican men and women’s bodiesHey ShoutOut! readers! The Planned Parenthood of Charlottesville, VA is offering a fantastic internship opportunity from this March to October. The internship is their “Civic Engagement Internship” (click the link for all of the information) and is a great chance to build your resume and help out an amazing women’s rights organization. In the wake of […]
Read More Quick Hit: Awesome Internship Opportunity at the Planned Parenthood of CharlottesvilleBefore this singer’s pop career, she was a member of CAP21 at NYU’s Tisch School. She also made an appearance on MTV’s Boiling Points. She is also an anti-feminist…
Read More Mythbustin’ Monday: Totally Awesome Women EditionWelcome to your Sunday Links Roundup! Today you will find that: Aliasmitch has been: listening to Ani DiFranco’s latest lately, Which Side Are You On?, which is ULTRA feminist and while not a very sing-along album, is proving to be pretty amazingly political (my review of the album will be coming soon.) Check out the […]
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