The difficult part of being an idealist about an issue is translating those ideals into practice. It’s easy to say that something is wrong, but to take a stand or hardline can lead to many complications. The toughest part of being a feminist is that rejecting everything that has elements of sexism means rejecting tons […]
Read More Idealism versus PracticalityThere is a wonderful post coming up at 8 am by our writer JGrand. But, for those of you that wake up at ridiculous hours regularly (or just to finish an assignment like me), I ask you this: What is going on in this article???? http://ourfemininemystique.blog.com/2012/08/30/11-reasons-to-marry-a-traditional-man/ ***For the record, I am not setting out to […]
Read More Quick Hit: Does this make you want to poke your eyes out too?I have a boyfriend. This really isn’t news to most people who know me, but as I’ve only been writing for ShoutOut! for a few weeks now, it’s probably news to a lot of you. I have a boyfriend. When I say it’s not news to most people, I say that because I’ve been dating […]
Read More Being “The Feminist Girlfriend”I first met Adora through the JMU policy debate team and initially thought she was pretty cool, however, when we became debate partners, I realized I’d been wrong. She wasn’t cool. She was awesome. You see, Adora was one of the first people I was ever able to have a real, critical discussion of feminism […]
Read More Feminist Roots: Know your friendly, on-campus feminist!
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