I am a huge Game of Thrones nerd. Daenerys Targaryen, who is also known as Khaleesi, or Mother of Dragons, is my most favorite character, because one I relate to her on so many levels and two she is a badass. In the beginning of the series Daenerys is very submissive and does whatever her […]
Read More All Hail KhaleesiWith Valentine’s Day approaching I was thinking if celebrating Valentine’s Day with my honey was kind of going against my feminist belief’s? I mean I love Valentine’s Day, its a day to express your love for people (whether that be a romantic relationship or not). But I do feel that this “holiday” is portrayed very […]
Read More Feminist Valentine’s Day: Is there such thing?Yesterday, I wrote an introductory piece on my thoughts about the role of men in the fashion industry. Today I want to go beyond that and talk a bit about what it means for us to be consumers of fashion in our society. As I stated before, fashion permeates through our culture and is a […]
Read More Can Men Play Dress Up Too?: A Two-Part Discussion on the Influence of Men in the Fashion Industry (Part II)“You’re a completely different person now than you were three years ago.” She’s right. My roommate said this to me tonight when I asked her about what my relatively new interest in feminism has meant for her and our roommate-ship. “Interest” is maybe not the right word – maybe “intertwined identity with” would be more […]
Read More On Believing in Everyday Activism and Learning How – and When – to Reel It InCheck out our bloggers’ top reading picks of the week! Tohellwithsugarandspice and SarahStar77 feel that for this week in feminism an important highlight was that Jewel a junior in college from Virginia has started a petition to have Disney create a plus size “Disney Princess.” They think this is important as all of Disney’s princesses […]
Read More Sunday Night SpotlightOkay so everyone is talking about something kind of monumental: the Disney Channel featured its first gay couple on an episode of one of its original series. Good Luck Charlie is a family, children’s show that is a popular original comedy. Bob and Amy Duncan (Charlie’s parents) are arguing over the name of the mom […]
Read More Disney’s First Gay CoupleWhat better way to start off my involvement with Shout Out than a two-part post on one of my favorite things to discuss: fashion? I can hardly think of one. It is not revolutionary or productive for me to spend time arguing over whether there’s sexism in the fashion industry because the short answer there […]
Read More Can Men Play Dress Up Too?: A Two-Part Discussion on the Influence of Men in the Fashion Industry (Part I)As you gear up for the super bowl today, are you secretly bracing yourself for the inevitable sexism and harmful depictions of femininity and masculinity that will come through your TV screen today? Are your friends and roommates “so done” with your (constructive!) feminist critiques of TV, movies, and commercials? Feeling like you’re going to have […]
Read More Quick Hit: Use the #NotBuyingIt app to call out sexist mediaDisney princesses tend to have the same body type. Though these princesses may possess strong and commendable qualities of character, their bodies reflect the cookie-cutter image of a willowy and slim figure. What kind of message does that send to young girls who adore the Disney princess franchise? The Disney princess franchise lacks diversity in […]
Read More Quick Hit: Petition for Plus-Sized Disney PrincessesRecently, Buro 24/7, released an interview with the Russian editor-in-chief of Garage magazine, Dasha Zhukova attached to a highly controversial photograph. In the photo, Zhukova is sitting on a chair sculpted to look like a contorted and mostly naked black woman. And while this situation sounds terrible on its own, things were only made worse […]
Read More Quick Hit: Racist Chairs. Art isn’t an excuse.
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