TW: Rape, sexual assault It has come to my attention recently that many people seem to think an appropriate way to respond to rape culture is to deny its existence. Similar to the belief that the cure to racism is “colorblindness” or that the wage gap is a figment of our imaginations, the denial of […]
Read More PSA: Rape Culture is Alive and WellOver the weekend I had the opportunity to travel to San Antonio, Texas with my super-awesome crew of intelligent, passionate public speakers (JMU speech team- we’re kind of big deal…) Amidst our flights and pre-tournament shenanigans, I had quite a bit of time to read up on some pressing stories in the news, most notably […]
Read More Dakota Pipeline Protesters: Why We Stand Beside YouHere’s what we talked about today in news room: TW: Rape, sexual abuse News: 29 were injured in a New York City Blast Saturday night. While this is not directly a feminist issue, any important issue or event can be seen and analyzed through a feminist lense. Bus driver, Renita Smith saved 20 children from burning […]
Read More News Room NotesFor anyone who thinks that menstruation is fun, you’re absolutely right! I mean, c’mon, who doesn’t love bleeding out of their genitalia for a week, feeling as bloated as a balloon and mood swings as extreme as anything that comes out of Donald Trump’s mouth. Plus, if you live in California you get the joy […]
Read More Tampons Are Not A Luxury, Period.The newest trend in Hollywood is not matte lipstick or ombre hair. It is something much more troubling — cis men are taking on the roles of trans* women in major blockbuster films and television shows. The most recent instance is in the film, Anything, yet to be released, in which Matt Bomer plays a […]
Read More Hollywood’s Latest Setback: Transphobic CastingLately, I have been questioning love. Is love something you fall into? Is love like the pieces of toilet paper that inevitably get caught on your shoe, follows you around until you notice after several hours its there? Or — Is love like looking at the weather report with 90% chance of rain and knowingly […]
Read More Love: Conscious Falling(copyright-estate of Norman Rockwell-featured image source James Vaughan) Some believe that the 1950s were the best times in America and that we have only gotten worse from there. One of those people is columnist Dave Hon, who in his article “Why I’ll never date a Feminist” states that feminism and any other form of gender […]
Read More Why Romance needs FeminismMy disclaimer is this: that I am fully grateful and absolutely recognize the ways I benefit from the sacrifices of women and men in the military. I also wholeheartedly support women who want to join the military; as I strongly believe that for some women it can be empowering and altogether liberating. So don’t misunderstand […]
Read More The Army Recruiter and My Feminist SideI hope you had a chance to attend tonight’s Dominion Lecture. If you couldn’t be there, I hope you at least read along as I live-tweeted the event from the ShoutOut! JMU Twitter. If not–here’s what you missed: Dr. Sue Rankin gave an hour-long presentation on campus climate and the LGBT community titled, “The State […]
Read More A Recap of the Dominion LectureImagine being a young adult or child, idolizing non-binary characters in television and film then finding out some of your role models are actually cisgender actors. They’re frauds who could play your identity, your lived experience, better than someone who actually identifies as transgender/non-binary. It’s like a kick in the ribs, the sharp stinging reality that […]
Read More Transface: The issue with non-binary identities played by cisgender actors
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