Trends come and go, feminist movements are forever. Tik Tok is a platform that creates many trends on a global scale. What makes Tik Tok so appealing is how relatable it is. “The Feminine Urge” trend creates content that individuals universally laugh about because they can relate and understand. This trend features many different examples […]
Read More The feminine urge to love this trendHappy April! As many of you may know, or not know, April isn’t just the month with a lot of rain, it is also Autism Awareness Month. Autism awareness is important because there are a lot of misconceptions about what autism is and what it looks like. Autism is defined as being “a developmental disorder […]
Read More Autism Awareness Month and the Creators You Should Be FollowingEncouraging men to read Wattpad or romantic novels featured on #BookTok so they can finally stop asking the question, “what do women want?”
Read More Written by a woman: Why Men should read wattpadChildren’s books and stories are fundamental to developmental growth. I personally was a The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle kind of gal. But, books were a cornerstone of my, and many others, childhoods. These stories can teach us fundamentals of how to read, count, name colors, and understand what sounds barnyard animals make. But […]
Read More Keep Your Hands Out of My LibraryKristen Shrewsbury is an instructional faculty member at JMU who teaches the special topics course WGSS 300: Queer Families. She’s a Harrisonburg native who went to JMU for her undergraduate degree from 1996 to 2001, and began working at JMU as a professional in 2007. She’s married to a same sex spouse and has two […]
Read More An interview with JMU professor Dr. ShrewsburyImmigrating to the United States is by no means an easy task. But, becoming a U.S. citizen is even harder. Many administrations in the past have tried to combat this migration crisis, while others sometimes hindered the progress made. Throughout the Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden administrations there have been varying results of changes made. […]
Read More The United States of America: Land of the Free, if You Can Become a CitizenBecause of the pandemic, the need for healthcare workers has skyrocketed to an astronomical number. Hospitals around the world are in desperate search of nurses and doctors, and under-staffing has become a very relevant problem at almost all healthcare facilities here in the United States. Many different challenges have begun to arise for the workers […]
Read More Health Care and HomicideI decided to interview two very strong women who I hold very near and dear to my heart… My Mother and my Godmother. I chose to interview them because not only are they some of the strongest Black women I know but they hold very high positions in their workplace as well as being a […]
Read More Am I seen As Me?Let’s talk about discrepancies between white women and black women in healthcare. I want to preface this post by stating that I identity as a white woman and I am in no way writing this to put down other women and make them seem any less important. I also know that as a white woman […]
Read More Everybody say “Heyyy equal treatment in healthcare”What is The 19th Amendment? On August 18, 1920, the 19th amendment was ratified. The 19th amendment granted women the right to vote, the specific language is as follows: “The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account […]
Read More Women can vote, so why do they need the Equal Rights Amendment? 
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