I know my last two posts have been about rape, however, I’d like to veer away from that for a second and talk about something that’s been on my mind: sexual health. Last week, our ShoutOut group had a very interesting conversation about sex. More importantly, our sexual health as women. Each woman held a […]
Read More Take Care & Take Controlwe often equate being unavailable with being in a committed relationship. If you’re uninterested, that is enough to make you unavailable.
Read More Ladies… don’t tell him you have a boyfriend.In the spirit of #InternationalDayofTheGirl, great strides are being made in the “mother nature” department. Aunt Flo, your monthly gift, your cycle, your period, or whatever else you may call it to appease the squeamish men (or women) in your life, your menstrual cycle is NO secret in women federal prisons. Older white men on […]
Read More New Memo Requires Federal Prisons to Provide Women with Multiple Feminine Hygiene Products- Free of Charge1. California Fires and Ecofeminism Starting late Sunday night, more than eight counties in Northern California fell victim to multiple monstrous wildfires. These fires are spreading over 50,000 acres and are still burning. They have destroyed over thousands of homes, caused hundreds of people to go missing, and killed roughly 20 people. We discussed the […]
Read More What Your Feminists Are Talking About This WeekPresident Trump, keep your filthy, sell out, misogynist hands off my birth control! Hello friends, I’m here today with quite a bit of fury. The Trump administration has decided that effective immediately they are rolling back the Obama-era ACA amendment that required employers to offer birth control as part of their insurance policies. This was […]
Read More Don’t Touch My Birth ControlCW: discussions of rape, sexual violence, and trauma. Let me preface this post, I’d like to invite people to read my bio. I feel that learning more about my feminist/humanist perspective will help readers understand where I’m coming from and hopefully reach a larger crowd. As I said in my previous post, I will be […]
Read More We Can’t Keep Quiet AnymoreHugh Hefner died on September 27th and many have been mourning his death. I, on the other hand, have not and I am hoping that the tradition of “Playboy Bunnies” ends. Hefner has not been an advocate for women empowerment and has not played a role in sexual liberation. I hate when people try to […]
Read More Hugh Hefner: Not a pioneer for sexual liberationIn our newsroom this Tuesday, the writers and I had such a great discussion on some of the headlines in the news right now. It was insightful as always. We really focused on five different topics: Betsy DeVos at Harvard. She speaks about her choice program and public and private schools. She is met […]
Read More The NewsroomOn September 29th, San Juan Mayor, Carmen Yulín Cruz, stood in front of many news reporters as she did something completely unexpected. She spoke out. September 20th, Hurricane Maria swallowed up the small island of Puerto Rico and left it wounded in its’ wake. Since, 45% of people on the small island have access to […]
Read More This is what good leadership looks like: Carmen Yulín Cruz, Bad-ass Female Puerto Rican Mayor
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