When I got my first period at the age of twelve, my first thought was, “Shit…there is something wrong with me!” No one warned me about it, let alone told me how normal it actually is. There were no cries of joy or trumpets welcoming me to womanhood. Oh no. Instead, I just had images […]
Read More Why Periods Don’t Need to be “Fixed”I wrote a while ago about my own past and struggle as I grew up, the victim of a sexual assault, with the societal pressures of gender roles that are so prominent today. I thought that before we went any deeper, it would be beneficial to look at Feminism’s role in the public opinion about […]
Read More From Purity to IndependenceEarlier this week I discussed what it meant to others to have a CEO of a company proclaim that they not only do not want LGB individuals in their advertisements but they also only want a “traditional family” structure presented. This of course spun a boycott of Barilla pasta that naturally consumed the LGBT news […]
Read More The Corporation Bandwagon ApproachLet’s cut to the chase – there is still this antiquated idea floating around that every person on this planet is just waiting for that special someone…a “soulmate”, if you will. Maybe even the idea that people can’t possibly be complete by themselves, and they need to meet a person who they will eventually marry. […]
Read More Do We Have to Put a Ring On It?Last week I talked about my frustration with the media industry focusing on body image more than real news. Along the same vein, I explore a little bit about the media’s role in promoting a beauty ideal. I was mindlessly scrolling through tumblr one day, when a flash caught my attention and demanded a second […]
Read More Weighting for Change, Part 2As my fellow bloggers and I were waiting for the Janine Latus presentation that bestlittlelion92 talked about, I began a discussion with my fellow seniors about something that is plaguing all our minds….job applications. We are all fretting about resumes and Linked-In accounts and cover letters and all those other about to graduate and we […]
Read More Speak Your TruthI think that all the silence is worse than all the violence Fear is such a weak emotion that’s why I despise it We scared of almost everything, afraid to even tell the truth So scared of what you think of me, I’m scared of even telling you Sometimes I’m like the only person I […]
Read More Start TalkingHey there readers! Today I’d like to talk about rejection! Such a fun topic, I realize, but I’ve unfortunately been on the receiving end of some unwanted attention from a person on Facebook that has inspired me to write this blogpost. In the past two weeks messages have been popping up on my screen from […]
Read More Compliments Are Flattering…Until They’re NotI was going through my Facebook feed the other day, procrastinating instead of writing a six page paper, when I came across an interesting link that an acquaintance had posted on her wall. The phrase “gender expectations” was what initially attracted my interest…and so naturally, being all procrastinate-y, I clicked the link. It was a […]
Read More There’s Nothing to “Outgrow”A friend asked me recently if my being mixed had any effect on my views of feminism and what I thought was important with the movement. It took me a moment to answer, but overall I had to give the answer of “yes”. Not only has my skin tone changed my experience of life, but […]
Read More The Importance of Intersectionality
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