Marriage. As a 21-year-old college senior, that’s something that feels incredibly far away. But realistically, if I end up getting married (which is something that I want to do), it will probably be sometime in the next ten years, especially if I want to start having kids in my early thirties. Of course, many people my age […]
Read More If you get married, will you take his last name? #AskWhyAndrew Jackson has been the face of the 20 dollar bill for 87 years, and many people including the WomenOn20s campaign believe that it is time a woman took his spot. The W20’s campaign aims to to put a woman on the $20 bill by 2020, the 100th anniversary of women gaining the right to vote […]
Read More Money TalksAs many of JMU’s students traveled this past week for Spring Break, I took myself out to California to visit an old friend from high school who moved out there after we graduated. While out in the 80 degree weather in San Diego, we spent time on the beach, went jet skiing on Mission Bay, […]
Read More Dear Disney, Please stop. From, Everyone.When I first heard of there being a race for women, I had mixed signals in my head. At first, I thought “Hell yeah! Some kind of athletic activity for women that men can’t take part it!” But after looking into the name, I started to become quite bothered by it. The name of this […]
Read More The Pretty Muddy: A Woman’s RaceGirl power was accepted long before feminism was made popular by Beyoncé, HBO’s Girls, and Leslie Knope from Parks & Rec. Essentially the idea of girl power is the empowerment of girls. I am a feminist and take the label proudly. Since taking on the label, I have found fault with “girl power” as a […]
Read More Why I Dislike “Girl Power”Today is International Women’s Day! Each year on March 8th, women across the world celebrate women’s achievements, while calling for greater gender equality, and we should all get in on the action.
Read More Happy International Women’s Day!Like the majority of American children, I grew up watching, and loving, Disney. The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Tarzan, and Pocahontas were just a few of my favorites. Little did I know, that aside from getting me to stop bothering my parents for an hour or so, these movies had larger implications on my […]
Read More Not So Happily Ever After, DisneyToday, March 6th is #BlackOutDay. The campaign aims to celebrate black beauty and fight against negative and damaging stereotypes that are often perpetrated by the media. “We’re asking black people to share pictures, videos and GIFs of themselves to celebrate our people coming from all different walks of life. It’s a celebration of black beauty and […]
Read More #BlackOutDayThe issue with so many misogynistic aspects of our society is that they can seem so completely normal at first. Until we take a closer look at our behaviors and the messages we are receiving, we often don’t noticed the ways that these actions can inherently hurt women. However, once you know to be more […]
Read More Listen Up, Under ArmourI’ve always been a feminist. Even before I called myself one, I always agreed with most feminist ideals. However, as is the case for many feminists, it took me a while to identify with the term because of the massive stigma around the word. As I explored in my first ShoutOut blog post (awww!), people […]
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ShoutOut! James Madison University 