For all of the people who think media “doesn’t affect them,” well listen up because Melissa Fabello makes it clear that you are wrong. Last night Melissa opened up a dialogue about intimate partner violence and how our media normalizes the violence. Now you’re thinking who is this Melissa and how can she just come […]
Read More Media’s At It Again: This Time NormalizationOne of may favorite YouTubers (and internet people in general) is Hayley G. Hoover. I’ve been watching her for 7-or-so years, and she’s great. She makes videos about her life, about random funny things, about Harry Potter, and about feminism. Her latest video is about street harassment, and why it’s the worst. Hayley shares her […]
Read More Quick Hit: WHY CATCALLING SUCKSI don’t keep a swear jar in my household because I curse like a drunk sailor…I hope the families of these potty-mouthed princesses don’t either. Watch these not-so-little girls drop “F-bombs for Feminism” as they bring attention to the sad reality that society is more offended by swear words than the discrimination its daughters are face: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9QZ44fmMAxs
Read More Quick Hit: FCKH8In California, “No Means No” doesn’t cut it anymore. If you want to have sex with someone, both parties must give a clear and (hopefully) enthusiastic yes. If you’re not sure what I’m referring to, California’s Governor Jerry Brown recently signed Senate Bill 967 into law, also known as the “yes means yes” law. This law […]
Read More Will Affirmative Consent Change Hookup Culture in a Positive Way? Or… Not?I’ve been working in the restaurant business since I was a teenager, and sadly this means that I’ve experienced sexual harassment by co-workers, customers and managers. It’s something that I’m getting better at dealing with, and I’m learning ways to handle it and protect myself. But what if one of the incidents that made me […]
Read More Tristan Thompson Kisses Sideline Reporter: Workplace Harrassment on TV?!So this past week and a half has been pretty rough. I sprained my knee, and as a result I have been hobbling my way to class for the past few days. When I first injured my knee, I was prepared for how much it sucks to be on crutches and how handi-inaccessable our campus […]
Read More Hurting your knee sucks, but mansplaining sucks more.So if you didn’t already know, I’m on the speech team for JMU and being on this team has allowed me to see some pretty amazing speeches. This Saturday, I viewed a speech that was fanstastic and had me yelling PREACH in my mind the whole time. First off I would like to say […]
Read More Giving Voice to the Vaginahttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzC4SSPrx6w Simple Pickup, an all-male group that advises men on topics such as how to pick up women when you’re high, documented their public use of a Sybian, or “vibrating saddle for female pleasure,” to raise awareness for a “serious issue, in a fun way…” Simple Pickup pledged to donate $5 to prevention of female […]
Read More Riding a Sex Toy in Public for Charity?In light the discussion about Jack White’s move to speak out against sexism in the music industry (http://www.siriusxm.com/pearljamradio), Slate magazine happily dubs White a feminist to elithe backlash about his supposed “woman problem.” Read more HERE: http://www.slate.com/blogs/xx_factor/2012/05/30/jack_white_is_a_feminist.html
Read More Quick Hit: How Can They Call Jack White Sexist?“We often think of gender violence as women’s issues that some good men help out with.” This is one of the opening lines of a TED talk given by Jackson Katz, an awesome feminist educator and activist, regarding our society’s thought process on the issue of gender violence. October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and […]
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