I don’t think it’s any secret that I had some serious beef with The Breeze last year. But lately, Breeze, I’ve been really optimistic about our relationship. Especially after you published a fantastic editorial about empowering sexual violence survivors a few weeks ago. So when I looked at the front page of your paper this […]
Read More When Will We Learn? Or, yet another open letter to The Breeze. [TW: Rape]Friendzone: the perennial location of nice guys everywhere (x) Within the past year I have been hearing more and more about this all powerful, all terrible “friendzone” that so many of my acquaintances claim to have been the victim of. While the act of being “friendzoned” is one that can technically affect both men and […]
Read More The Myth of the FriendzoneMy grandmother has congestive heart failure. My mother has mitral valve prolapse. My mother and grandmother are my inspiration for staying active and healthy. Over the years, I have moved from hating every step that running required to looking forward to the thrill and boost that I get from running a little farther, sprinting a […]
Read More When health and fitness become co-optedI have never wanted to be a Girl Scout. Anyone who knows me can tell you that I would rather be curled up in bed with a book than taking place in any kind of outdoor or physical activity. However this weekend (as I was in bed taking a break on my book), I ran […]
Read More How to Earn a Badge in FeminismHello Readers! As I sat down to do this post last week, I couldn’t think of what to write about. (I know this is a super catchy intro that will be sure to have you hooked, but keep calm and hear me out.) I kept struggling over whether I would sound like a broken record […]
Read More Feminist Roots: EszenymeThat’s right readers, we’ve reached the end of our first full week of blogging here at ShoutOut!, and that can only mean one thing- it’s time for the links round-up! Each Sunday, our bloggers will tell you about some of the stories they’ve found interesting this week. Eszenyme is obsessed with the hottest thing on […]
Read More Sunday Links Round-UpHello readers! As this is my first blog post, I felt that it would be best to introduce myself and explain why writing for Shout Out! is important to me. My name is Justin Grandinetti and I am a senior. I am a WRTC major and a Women’s and Gender Studies Minor. I am also […]
Read More Why Feminism Matters to MeWith everything going on in the world these days, it can be easy to feel upset and saddened by the news. Given the recent events in Libya, and across the Middle East and Africa, it is understandable that many Americans are upset and frustrated that their fellow countrymen are in harms way. But that never, […]
Read More [TW: Racism] Signal Boost: We Are All HarrisonburgOver the past year, my Facebook has become a dumping ground for the hoards of links to political and feminist articles that I find interesting. On my list of Facebook likes I’ve followed the NO H8 Campaign, Transgender Student Rights, SlutWalk, and Planned Parenthood Action. My newsfeed is often overflowing with feminist activism, full of enlightening and fascinating information […]
Read More A Feminist and Her FacebookThere are a lot of different constructions of identity and an entire set of pressure the come along with each. Maybe I’m silly for not noticing this before, but self-identifying as a feminist has caused me to internalize a whole host of pressures and expectations that I never had to reflect upon before, that is, […]
Read More In Which a Feminist Changes Her Major…
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