Authors Note: This blog contains images of non-sexualized nudity, nonetheless, they may not be appropriate for some. I have smart friends. Well, mostly. I also have a friend who once texted an entire party that she was “lost on the corner of Paul and Ott Street,” only three blocks away from my house where she had […]
Read More Why I Dream of AfricaAs any policy debater would be doing the wee hours of the morning before a tournament (insert lame, self-deprecating joke here), I recently found myself watching YouTube videos of Slavoj Zizek’s musings. Zizkek’s comments from this Q & A segment, particularly on polyamory and psychopaths, were entertaining as hell, but I found myself getting distracted […]
Read More (Sort of) Totally Awesome Women: Trust Me, This is Worth ReadingWith the ever-impending doom of graduation getting closer and closer, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about my future. In particular, I’ve been thinking about my career. For years, I thought I would pursue a job in academia. But somewhere between my high school job at Dunkin Donuts and my current job in […]
Read More Feminist Book Review: Blood, Bones, and ButterFor this week’s post, I wanted to write about a book I recently finished. I picked up Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie Holiday, written by Robert O’Meally, for my Women’s and Gender Studies 300 course. For those of you who don’t know (and/or are looking for a class next semester) WMST 300 is […]
Read More Feminist Book Review: Lady Day: The Many Faces of Billie HolidayI don’t remember when I became a feminist. Is that weird? I feel like it should be. I talk to other people about when they became aware of feminism or when they realized that they were one, and everybody seems to have this exact, precise moment in which their entire perception of the world was […]
Read More Feminist Roots: Know Your OwnThanksgiving is upon us again and (obviously) it’s a time where reflection is due…particularly reflection of thanks (duh). But, an area where I think it’s easy to throw thanks out the window (particularly when we’re stuffing our faces and watching football during a holiday that glorifies the special “relationship” we had with Native Americans […]
Read More Totally Awesome Women! (Thanksgiving Edition)Can you imagine working in an environment where rape was categorized as an “occupational hazard?” Being trapped in a remote location where your phone calls were screened and the only person you could report your assault to was the perpetrator himself? What if there were no police to capture your assailant and no judge to convict him? Would you […]
Read More Film Screening: The Invisible WarFor a variety of reasons, I’ve been thinking a lot about body image lately. Especially how it impacts my daily life. And then I came across this article, arguing that exposing your personal life, your vulnerabilities, can be a feminist act. That there is empowerment to be found when women share their stories. So here’s […]
Read More Because Personal IS PoliticalI’m an avid sports fan, particularly when it comes to the NFL. Like most other fans, I frequent both watching and browsing ESPN. Recently, I stumbled upon an interesting offshoot of ESPN.com—ESPN W. Yes, tucked away at the far right of the browsing bar of ESPN.com is the link to ESPN Women.
Read More A Site of Their OwnEarlier this semester, for a class assignment, I had to read a speech that Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote and gave. The speech was about being a woman, and more importantly, being a woman of color, and what that meant for her career and her goals. And since I read that speech, I’ve been […]
Read More Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor and Sesame Street
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