While Planned Parenthood clinics do perform abortion services, that is not all that they do – they see patients who seek family planning help, birth control, women’s exams, and testing for sexually transmitted diseases. Planned Parenthood is often times the only source for women’s health services for the women that they treat. I am one of those women […]
Read More My Trip to Planned ParenthoodI hate love triangles. Aside from oversimplifying the incredible difficulty of sorting through one’s feelings, love triangles are overused, cliche excuses to “stir the pot.” Not to mention, a majority of love triangles promote the idea of competition in the pursuance of affection. They idealize and romanticize the belief that people should be made into […]
Read More Love Is Not GeometryTW: This post contains one reference to the practice of abortions that may trigger discomfort. During my speech competition last weekend, I had the opportunity to watch several beautiful, message-based performances on topics that made my feminist brain quiver with satisfaction. Among topics ranging from sexual assault reporting reform, sexualized stereotypes of minority women in […]
Read More Trigger Warnings: The Art of Thinking Before You Speak.(featured image flickr-bp6316) In his special Bring the Pain, comedian Chris Rock stated that “men don’t have platonic friends. We just have women we haven’t fucked yet.” What may seem like a societal exaggeration belies a theory about the relationships between the sexes; heterosexual men may not like women much beyond romance and sex. According to […]
Read More “Platonic Friendships” and SexismHere is an overview of our newsroom discussion: News An eight year old girl calls out the issue with gendered clothing for children Each Woman Act is promoting women’s rights regarding their vaginas and reproduction (why is this still an issue, America?) Carnell Snell Jr. shot and killed by LAPD, cops were looking into a stolen […]
Read More Hot off the Press: the Feminist Newsroom“Hazing”: a.)- “Subjection to harassment or ridicule” For those of you who knew last week was hazing awareness week, thank you. For the majority of Americans who think hazing, like other issues of abuse, doesn’t exist or is somehow okay, let’s talk about it. Dr. Gentry McCreary (@DoctorGentry) gave a talk at James Madison University […]
Read More It wasn’t always like this: Hazing AwarenessEver feel impaired by your niceness? Ever put the well being of others before yours? Well I have a story for you. One that I hope can free you from your niceness like Harry freed Dobby with a sock. From a young age, I have been plagued with the need to be polite. I have […]
Read More Just Say No: Why You Shoudn’t Always Be Nice
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