About a month ago, I was out dancing with a friend of mine. It was just us two, and we were clearly content being on our own. Then, two guys came up behind my friend and made some lewd gestures, positioned where she couldn’t see. Lucky for them, however, I could see just fine. Me: […]
Read More I’ll Calm Down When You Start Listening: The Dangers of Tone PolicingTensions are flying high in the East – the bombing of a Syrian Air Base after only two days of deliberation, which provoked a threat of nuclear war by North Korea, followed by a North Korean ballistic missile launch, an attempted show of force that ultimately failed; and the Mother of All Bombs was dropped in Afghanistan in the fight […]
Read More Prima Donald (Air)strikes AgainA letter to the reader; Instructions: Throughout the letter, quite a few phrases are highlighted in red. They’re linked to different links, sites, and articles. In order to understand the letter’s context, click the links. Think of it like a puzzle. Put the pieces together, and you’ll see the bigger picture in the end. I […]
Read More A letter, from America.The other night I was sitting in the photo lab on campus, sorting negatives, when I started Speaking Up, one of NPR’s Ted Radio Hour podcast episodes. It began with the story of a queer, Bahrainian woman name Esra’a. She introduced herself to a crowd, describing her upbringing in Bahrain: “You were encouraged to be invisible, and […]
Read More Where are you, in the fight for unity?“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that can be met with hostility, exclusion, and violence. It can also lead to love, understanding, and community.” Janet Mock, author of Redefining Realness, stated this in personal memoir, or […]
Read More Janet Mock: Transgender Identity and the Notion of “Passing”I was talking to my dad on the phone yesterday, and I told him that it was looking like my family should pick up and move to New York. You see, my younger brother graduates from high school in a year, and we need to make sure he has in-state status for when he goes to […]
Read More Time to (Maybe) Move to New YorkOnce again, it’s been a little while since your favorite feminists bloggers have had the opportunity to talk about what’s going on in the world, and we certainly had a lot to discuss. We covered everything from Pepsi and Kendall Jenner to our impending doom and World War III. Oh Pepsi… Just in case you’ve been living […]
Read More ShoutOut! Newsroom Update April 10th 2017*Note on WWIII: I am referring to all the commotion about the possibility of World War III, but also making a point that the war on terror counts as WWIII. War is a struggle of power over communication. Despite our Constitutional rights to free speech, the massive media companies only cater to the voices with power. […]
Read More World War III: It’s Always ALMOST OverLet me preface by saying that the National Young Feminist Leadership conference provided a substantial service in its education on cultivating political involvement. Teaching young people the means to get engaged in civic movements and political activities is an unquestionably necessary route to combating regressive policies such as abortion restrictions, the defunding of Planned Parenthood, […]
Read More Progressive Politics and the National Young Feminist Leadership ConferenceClick here for the link to part 1. Prisons who endorse the negligence of women benefit financially. Period. The BOP (Bureau of Prisons) reported that, as of last month, 6% of their prison population is women. Of their total population. 58% is white, 37% is black, and the remaining are Native Mmerican, Hispanic, Asian, etc. Of […]
Read More PR!SONS: A Booming Business (Pt. 2)
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