Hey everyone! HeroineAddict and Littlefembot here, wishing you all a happy Halloween! We hope you all had a wonderful Homecoming weekend. Here’s what we discussed in this week’s newsroom: #NoDAPL Nationwide, people are showing their support and solidarity with those at Standing Rock protesting the Dakota Access Pipeline by checking in on Facebook. Celebrity Chris […]
Read More What’s New in the NewsroomThere are moments in life where we read about institutionalized prejudices and then there are moments when we find ourselves in the middle of experiencing them. Recently, while working on a film set, I found myself wide-eyed and furious at the situation I was involved in. While I had voiced my desire to be the […]
Read More I’m Here to Give Direction, Not Take ItAs a Feminist, I want to admit that for a while I was afraid to define myself as such. I heard people calling feminists “man-haters”, “forever alone”, and “bra-burners”. I didn’t realize that these definitions were part of the reason feminism exists. I also was unaware that any human, regardless of their gender-identification, can be a […]
Read More Are you a Feminist? Probably(featured image WikiMedia Commons- Star Maid Games) For 95 minutes, I pretended to be in love. My beau to be was a player on the RPG “Valtameri”, who went by the moniker “Ichi.” Our relationship bloomed through simultaneous strikes on enemy demon squids, rock monsters, and crystal trolls, all while exchanging skin showing selfies and […]
Read More “Cibele” or How a Video Game teaches us about Modern RelationshipsI wouldn’t consider myself old, as I am only approaching my 30’s, but having a brother that is 13 years younger and a 9th grader makes my feelings of youth somehow disappear. It’s all too easy to look at the youth and adolescents in our world today and not really think much of them. Maybe […]
Read More Together But Not The Same: Tensions between an older and younger generation, and how they need each otherOn Monday Night, Harrison Hall hosted a visiting scholar, Dr. Bernadette Marie Calafell from the University of Denver who discussed “Monstrous Possibilities: Feminist Potentialities of Contemporary Horror”. Note 1: I define feminism as the belief that all genders should have equality Note 2: My interpretations of Dr. Calafell’s discussion may differ from their beliefs […]
Read More Horror and Feminism: It’s not what you thinkI recently read a piece by a fellow feminist that got me thinking about the different ways different individuals feel empowered. And, in turn, whether or not certain people view those differences in a positive or negative light. I’m taking this opportunity to further the discourse surrounding the topic of “appropriate clothing” and emphasize that […]
Read More Stop Sexualizing My Body: A Response to “Empowering or Sexualization?”Image Source: Flickr Creative Commons TW: brief mentions of rape, sexual assault For the past several months, I’ve been seeing an article floating around my Facebook feed – one disturbingly titled, “I am a Female and I am So Over Feminists.” While I’ve been forced to read this line many times from all the “shares” it’s been […]
Read More A Feminist Response to: “I Am A Female And I Am So Over Feminists”(featured image pixabay-Bessi) Here at ShoutOut JMU we discussed a bevy of topics on the night of October the 24th the 2016. Take a look! Politics: -Hillary Clinton’s schooling of Donald Trump in terms of abortion and Planned Parenthood rhetoric was poetry for those tired of hearing a man explain how such freedoms are […]
Read More The Legend of the Newsroom***TW: This post contains explicit language on topics of sexual violence, rape, gang rape, abuse.*** I am currently enrolled in a class that covers topics related to humanitarian aid and crises, including a history of international aid, natural disasters, epidemic diseases, and affects of war on civilians. Last week, we were covering the impact of […]
Read More A Letter to My Professor: Why You Need to Use Trigger Warnings.
ShoutOut! James Madison University 