Links Round-up
This week at Shout Out!
Read More Links Round-upMonth: February 2013
Imposed Cultures: Women NEED Bras
Let me preface by saying that I am a feminist who almost always wears a bra – on days like today when I don’t, it’s only because I’ve done nothing but lay in bed and watch Netflix. (Jeff Who Lives At Home = best Jason Segal Movie ever!) The farthest I’ve gone today is into the kitchen […]
Read More Imposed Cultures: Women NEED BrasLazy Comedy: Why I’m Not Laughing
I love comedy. I love the relief I get from laughter, I love the fact that something funny can make someone’s whole day better, and I love that noticing the oddities of shared human experience can bring a whole room of people together. However, with my growing feminist consciousness has come a growing unease in […]
Read More Lazy Comedy: Why I’m Not LaughingThe Feminist Lens: Movie Reviews
For this week’s Feminist Lens, I thought I’d take a look at a movie which I consider to be both feminist and underrated. An interesting aspect of this film is that the lead character was originally written for a male actor—Tom Cruise. After a substantial re-write and change to a female lead, the result was […]
Read More The Feminist Lens: Movie ReviewsWork it Women: Women in the workforce
So I have been on the search for internships over these past few weeks and it has been getting me to think about what field I want to go into when I graduate. It has also got me thinking of women in the work place. Now it is a common known fact that in certain […]
Read More Work it Women: Women in the workforceWonder Women
I like to believe I’m fabulous- but I also like to think that I’m 5’9 and built like an Amazon (which is far, FAR from true). When I’m feeling less than fabulous there are certain women I look to and pull inspiration from. 1. JK Rowling The author of Harry Potter has been regarded […]
Read More Wonder WomenTHEY forgot who they are talking to.
The past few months I have found myself becoming more and more interested in the issue of women’s healthcare because of a personal connection. My mom being a 6 year breast cancer survivor, sees it as only right to get the genetic testing done for her three daughters; but there is the haunting idea that […]
Read More THEY forgot who they are talking to.Wage War: It’s time we waged war on the wage war
A man and his son are in a car accident. They are taken to the nearest hospital. The emergency room doctor says, “I can’t operate on this child. This is my son.” Who is the surgeon?
Read More Wage War: It’s time we waged war on the wage warThe Millennium Legacy: Dragon Tattoos and Social Taboos
The conception of this post was one part luck and seven parts desperation. Last week I experienced for the first time in my life, an extreme case of writer’s block. Having gone through seven drafts of ideas, each of poor enough quality or caliber to warrant dismissal, I was at my wits end. With hours […]
Read More The Millennium Legacy: Dragon Tattoos and Social TaboosGender: Womb to Tomb
Gender is such fluid and complex social construction. The gender socialization process begins before a person is even born and plays such a large role in their development. Gender has absolutely nothing to do with ones biological anatomy yet, socially, sex defines gender which in turn assumes everyone’s attracted to the opposite sex because our […]
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