ShoutOut! is proud to announce a collaboration with HON 300: Girl Culture. Our guest bloggers will be collaborating with current ShoutOut bloggers. They will be discussing everything from reproductive health to the educations of young girls. Through this collaboration, we hope to bring new perspectives to ShoutOut! and venture into topics we have not yet […]
Read More Collaboration ALERT!Song of Solomon might be the most accurate, intimate and harrowing account of boyhood I have ever read. And it was written by Toni Morrison, a woman; someone not usually associated with having such vast knowledge about growing up masculine. Yet Morrison’s ability to critically analyze the role of gender and race in 1930 […]
Read More What Toni Morrison taught me about masculinityTW: mentions of dieting, fat-phobia, ‘fat’. Congratulations! If you ever wonder why you feel stuck in this vicious cycle of gaining and losing weight, it’s probably because you are. But don’t worry, it’s not entirely your fault. We live in a culture that tells us that ‘fat’, in all respects, is ugly and undesirable. We […]
Read More Ladies, it’s not your fault: America makes you fat then shames you for it…congratulations, you can’t win!As Thanksgiving break approaches there’s nothing I look foreword to more than visiting my relatives and swatting off politically charged comments and answering questions like- “What exactly IS your major” (or, more frequently) “Do you have a boyfriend yet?” Eek. No grandma, but my Tinder account is LIT! … No response. While I certainly have […]
Read More How to Swipe Left on Exclusive Social Dating AppsNews broke recently about a study working that had developed an effective birth control shot for men (yay!) that was called off (womp). The reason for the standstill was that participants in the study had experienced negative side effects. These side effects included pain at the injection side, muscle pain, increased libido, acne, depression, etc… Does […]
Read More Male Birth Control: Why It’s a Big DealAre you tired of watching the same boring Hollywood films that portray women as empty, one dimensional sets of boobs whose only intention is to sell more movie tickets? Me too. Here are my top three feminist films, all of which feature a female protagonist and underlying feminist themes. The Piano The Piano is a […]
Read More The Feminist Films You Need to Watch“Some white chick wants to talk about race. Great.” – Aasif Mandvi In a Netflix docuseries, Chelsea Does…, Chelsea Handler examines Marriage, Silicon Valley, Racism, and Drugs through extensive interviews and travel. I want to focus my critique on Chelsea Does Racism. Let me start out by saying that this docuseries, along with its producer […]
Read More Chelsea Does… Racism: A Review
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