Last weekend De Morgen, a top news source in Belgium, published a rather offensive piece that was meant to be a satirical political cartoon. The premise of the article was based on a fictional scenario where Russian president Vladimir Putin had been asked to write a piece on President Obama, but instead submitted two racist […]
Read More Quick Hit: Apology Not Accepted, “Satire” Is No Excuse for RacismHave you ever felt like your being sexually harassed and didn’t know what to do about it? Sexual harassment is any unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature that tends to create a hostile or offensive work environment. There was a presentation about sexual harassment […]
Read More How to Deal with Sexual Harassment at WorkHello Readers! This week, I wanted to talk about something interesting that hits a little closer to home. The JMU home that is. I was looking through articles on The Breeze’s website and came across a headline that read “Faculty Salaries, Same-sex partner benefits discussed.” Immediately, that grabbed my attention and I became excited that […]
Read More President Alger speaks on same-sex benefits for JMU facultyOh middle school, those were the days of crippling self-doubt, dangerously low self-esteem, and fierce desperation for peer acceptance. Personally,I can’t think of middle school without reliving my history of bad haircuts, horrible outfits, and socially awkward behavior. I really would love to forget those days. These memories were been drudged up, however, when I read about a […]
Read More Pants Do Not Lower Test ScoresI’m sure most of us have seen the viral video, “First Kiss” where apparent strangers meet for the first time and ultimately kiss for the first time. Well after the 65 million views and counting, it was publically stated that some of the people were not actually strangers and the video was a collaboration between […]
Read More “First Kiss” and “First Gay Hug” Videos Reiterate the Beauty of Human InteractionI am hooked on Downton Abbey. It’s a British television series that follows noble family, and their servants, who struggle to navigate the changing norms of society during the early 1900’s. Not only is this series remarkably entertaining because of its plot twists and seemingly endless drama, it is also an unexpected feminist pleasure. Downton Abbey explores […]
Read More Women of Downton Kick AssAs Women’s History Month comes to a close this week, we need to not just recognize the women who we are familiar with in history, such as Rosa Parks, Harriet Tubman, and Marie Curie, but women who are unsung heroes. When I logged onto my computer yesterday to Google’s home page, the Google Doodle intrigued […]
Read More Why Don’t We Know Who Dorothy Irene Height Is?Have you ever heard someone say, “Oh yeah, he’s gay. You can tell- he totally looks gay”? However, there is no “way” to look gay, rather various gender identities and performances. Often we conflate certain gender performances with certain sexual orientation, which is not always accurate. io Tillett Wright wants to shatter that myth with […]
Read More Quick Hit: “People Don’t Fit into Over-Simplified Boxes”As I was tabling on the commons for LGBT Health Awareness, I looked at the board of information that I had looked up and instantly found myself wanting to know more. Though I am bisexual, I still find myself not knowing all of things that go into health care for the LGBT community. As […]
Read More LGBT Health Awareness WeekRecently, my friends and I have become obsessed with the Myers-Briggs personality test. If you’ve never heard of it, it’s a test that was created to identify and determine a person’s specific personality type based on four character defining foundations. Within each of these bases, which are: where you focus your energy, how you take […]
Read More How the Myers-Briggs Test Helped Me Understand Myself as a Feminist!
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