While I normally try to incorporate a good deal of feminist rhetoric into my posts, today I want to take a different approach to my discourse. It’s more of a personal “a-ha!” moment I encountered, but it seemed worthy of sharing, and perhaps someone will get a little encouragement out of it as well. I’m […]
Read More Feminist Girl Meets (Real) WorldHorror of Maryville Pt.1 While perusing the Internet between classes the other day, I noticed two startling articles on both Buzzfeed and Jezebel that centered on a horrific event in Maryville, Missouri last year. Bearing a strikingly creepy resemblance to the Steubenville case of last year, Maryville sheds additional light on the growing problem of […]
Read More Horror of Maryville Pt.1This past weekend, Forbes Performing Arts Center hosted a rather interesting guest. My mother knows that my sister and I are both feminists, and she thought it would be particularly interesting for us to go to this event – a long comedy sketch, really – because of the strong opinions that my sister and I […]
Read More Hunters, Gatherers, and GeneralizationsAs Mental Health Awareness Week draws to a close, I decided to do a post on my relationship with mental illness, and the role it plays in my feminism. If you don’t know me very well, you’re probably under the assumption that I’m silly, playful, easy-going, and carefree. You probably wouldn’t think that there are […]
Read More Anxious that this post isn’t good enough…See what our bloggers’ top feminist picks of the week were! Redheadfemme found this article about the prevalence of predatory nature in frats, which she notes is very interesting, especially with buzz going on about the “rapebait” email. ImagineHerstory is hopeful for the future of women in India with new laws being put in place to help […]
Read More Links Round UpFacebook: Internet mega-site, business leader, media innovator, and pop culture phenomena. Since it’s debut in 2004, the site has faced a rollercoaster ride of traumatic gains and losses. From it’s suedo-biographical movie of founder Mark Zuckerberg’s rise to fame, to last year’s abysmal stock performance, Facebook has seen it’s fair share of troubles, but a […]
Read More Sheryl Sandberg: Businesswoman ExtraordinaireI recently read an article about “sex-positivism” which is the idea that a woman should be in charge of her own sexuality. That a woman should be free to have as much sex or as little sex as she feels aligns with her own personal truth. It encompasses the idea that women should be comfortable […]
Read More It’s MY Body…Sort ofHey all, I know this is a day many people dread over the course of your lifetime. I know it adds pressure to an already important issue of “am I really comfortable telling all my friends, family, doctors, and animals I’m really into girls?” Today is National Coming Out Day, and I am amazed to […]
Read More National Coming Out Day, for me!Hi there readers! For this blog post I want to focus on a particular body image that has recently been given much attention, the thigh gap. This past week in one of my communication classes, a classmate of mine brought up how it has become an obsession for many young women. I myself have heard […]
Read More The thigh-gap obsessionFor my post this week, I’m going to start out by being honest – I have always been a little judgmental. When I first meet someone, I think, hmmmm…this person is X, Y, or Z. This isn’t because I’m a huge asshole; it’s just how I compartmentalize people in my mind. Call it judgmental…or maybe […]
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