Thinking Class: Sketches from a Cultural Worker, I couldn’t help but noticed that the things she described rang true in many situations of my own life. Kadi defined himself as queer in this compilation of essays focused on his Arab culture, sexuality, and most importantly, how all this intersects with his working class identity growing […]
Read More Why Homophobia?My favorite holiday is almost here: Halloween! Many will rush to complete or buy last minute costumes this weekend, and others will prepare for the festivities in other ways. Since being in college, I’ve personally noticed a wide array of unique costume ideas. Some more thoughtful than others; the temperature’s dropped and snowed the past […]
Read More The Frightful Thought of a Culturally Aware HalloweenEquality. In its most basic form that is the goal of feminism. Equality of the sexes, of sexual orientations, of race, of ability, of age; boil it all down and we just want equality. However, I’ve noticed there seems to be an uneven balance we rail against violence against women, rape against women, social constructs […]
Read More Men Are Victims Too/ You’re Not Funny Pt. 2I recently delivered a group presentation on the role of women in politics for my Political Communication course. For my part of the presentation, I covered the historical context of feminism, discussing the three waves of feminism, and talking a bit about the role of consciousness raising and the idea that “the personal is political.” […]
Read More Ramblings from a Disgruntled FeministIn case you didn’t know, October is LGBT History Month and this week in particular is Ally Week. Whenever this week appears in my life, I am conflicted on how an ally is actually defined. The main thing I think of is an ally doesn’t just tolerate the LGBTQ+ community but accepts the community and […]
Read More Ally WeekLast week I stumbled upon the horrific story of fourteen year old Daisy Coleman, and her thirteen year old friend’s, rape at the hands of seventeen year old Matthew Barnett and his friend. Matthew Barnett, local high school football star, had his friend videotape the entire scene. Disturbingly enough, even though the two girls went […]
Read More Horror of Maryville Pt.2Last week, I wrote about commercial surrogacy and how women are often exploited in the industry. However, Dr. Roy’s lecture brought up another aspect of commercial surrogacy that perhaps is a more underlying problem for motherhood and birth- the idea of genetically modified children. Roy explained that another aspect of commercial surrogacy is being able […]
Read More Birth as a Business Transaction- Part 2I know that we’ve already gotten to know each other some, lovely blog readers, but let me elaborate a little on the “basics of me”. I am a twenty-one year old senior at James Madison University, and I’m in the Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication program here. That means that upon graduation, I could essentially […]
Read More Expectations Aren’t Always Met…and That Is A-Okay.Miley Cyrus. Now there’s a name that represents some of the most controversial topics that circulate the media. From her “shedding her Disney star status” to her VMA performance with Robin Thicke, her name (and her actions) seem to constantly be on the tip of everyone’s tongues. In fact, redheadfem, bestlittlelion92, and imagineherstory have all […]
Read More Miley is a “Marketing Genius”. But is it Good for Feminism?Ever since my girlfriend surprised me with Margaret Atwood’s latest novel Maddadam, I haven’t been able to put it down. This is the third novel in a trilogy of a post-apocalyptic novels about what happens once a plague decimates the entire world’s population except for the lucky few who made it out alive. Although this […]
Read More Class is Consciously Unconcious
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