Lately, I feel as though everywhere in the media we are hearing about Obama’s Affordable Care Act. This controversial piece of legislation has been intensely criticized by right wing parties and news companies like Fox. With the upcoming March 31st enrollment deadline, I thought it would be interesting to discuss.
Read More The Affordable Care Act***Trigger Warning*** – The following post discusses rape and sexual assault within the context of victim blaming. As we approach our annual Clothesline Project and Take Back the Night events, it is important that we take a moment to think about how we respond to victims of sexual assault. Victim blaming is used as a […]
Read More Quick Hit: 10 examples of Victim BlamingI had the chance to talk to recording artist Kevin Drew on a conference call. He just released a new album this past Tuesday called “Darlings”. The reason I am writing about his new album is because the single from it “Good Sex” paints sex in a more realistic and positive way than we are […]
Read More Quick Hit: “Good Sex” Kevin DrewWhat’s the point of living in a community if you’re not involved with the community? That’s the question I asked myself over spring break as I counted the millions of things I was involved with at JMU, but could not count a single thing, I had done for Harrisonburg. I realized that I’m a Junior […]
Read More Quick Hit: Break the BubbleRepresentation is power, and that power is rarely given to those on the margins of society. While, women in the news media and writing field have made many strides in history, they still are still being pigeon-holed. How so? An interesting article on the OPed Project provides some interesting statistics on what exactly women writers have been writing. The […]
Read More Quick Hit: Who Has the Power to Frame the World?This past Monday Season 18 of Dancing With the Stars aired and Amy Purdy, a snowboarding paralympian just won her first bronze medal in Sochi and is the first ever-disabled contestant to compete on the show. I think Purdy is a great role model for women, people with disabilities, and anyone. She contracted bacterial meningitis […]
Read More Amy Purdy Breaking Barriers for Women and People with DisabilitiesI feel that Reproductive rights can be a very touchy situation, especially because of religions and such. But I do think it is important to take a step back and look at the situation as a woman’s choice about her body and life, instead of abortion/anti-abortion. Women have been fighting the struggle for reproductive rights […]
Read More Reproductive RightsEvery so often I read an article so outrageous I’m left unsure as to whether it was meant to be a satire of some sort, or if the author is truly that out of touch with reality.
Read More Choose One: Family or CareerPresident Obama recently spoke at Orlando’s Valencia College about several topics, one of them being women’s issues. He discussed the problems of unequal pay between women and men in the work force, unfair policies for maternity leave, and the need for more women in Congress and other institutions, stating ever so comically, “We all know […]
Read More Quick Hit: Obama speaks about changes that need to happen for women in AmericaWho would have thought that a little boy would cause such a stir by bringing a My Little Pony lunch box to school. Nine year old, Grayson Bruce was bullied because the bag he brought was apparently too girly for him. His fellow classmates wanted to teach him a lesson by calling him names, pushing […]
Read More Quick Hit: Boy Bullied Over My Little Pony Bag
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