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NEWSROOM 3/10
On Tuesday in class, twihard, usuallyalwaysright, and dailycuriosity discussed local, national, and global news stories. The stories we discussed were on women’s healthcare, paid family leave, and a women run radio station in Afghanistan giving Afghan women a platform to discuss education, health, and social issues. LOCAL The local news took place in Harrisonburg. Shannon […]
Read More NEWSROOM 3/10Fairness Or Exclusion? Riley Gaines’ Campus Tour
When Riley Gaines brings her “Pick Up the Mic” tour to our college campus, it usually turns into much more than a typical guest speaker event. Instead of just another talk in a classroom, her visits normally create bigger conversations amongst students about gender, sports, and what feminism actually means. Gaines, who is a former […]
Read More Fairness Or Exclusion? Riley Gaines’ Campus TourInjected into skinny culture
Unless you’re living under a rock, you know what a GLP-1 is. I can’t be the only one that has noticed the resurgence of WICKED thin celebrities, or influencers on skinny tok. It seems like everywhere you go, there’s a reminder of what your body looks like. Do we think this is a coincidence? I […]
Read More Injected into skinny cultureThe Pressure to be Everything: Facing Gender Expectations as a Young Woman
I acknowledge that everyone feels pressure in day-to-day life, but who feels it the most? I think the vast majority of women could attest that they feel immense responsibility to fill their traditional gender roles and identities. To be more specific, I think teenage girls are impacted the most. Society’s overall accepted gender norms are […]
Read More The Pressure to be Everything: Facing Gender Expectations as a Young WomanYou Can’t Script Sexism: How Vanderpump Rules Puts the “Real” in Reality TV
Reality TV is known for edited scenes, pushed storylines and of course, lots of drama. But, these shows involve real people and real relationships. As entertaining as the scandals are, the gender dynamics behind them unfortunately mirror real life. Vanderpump Rules, beneath the screaming fights and SUR uniforms, shows what you can’t fake: sexism. If […]
Read More You Can’t Script Sexism: How Vanderpump Rules Puts the “Real” in Reality TVHas Voting Become A Privilege?
In history classes, we typically learned that women earned the right to vote in 1920, and that’s where the chapter seemed to close on the struggle for women’s suffrage. What these books often don’t elaborate upon is the struggle to vote, even after the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Neely Tucker for the Library of […]
Read More Has Voting Become A Privilege?PCOS Awareness is Important for Women’s Health
I was 15 when I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, otherwise known as PCOS. The age where I was supposed to be learning how to drive and navigate high school course work was suddenly replaced by doctor’s visits and self-negativity. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a common condition in women that imbalances hormones in the ovaries. It’s become one of the […]
Read More PCOS Awareness is Important for Women’s HealthMore Than Someone’s Girlfriend
I’m no stranger to having a crush. The thrill it brings me, from texting the person I like and knowing there’s a possibility they feel the same, and then going on a first date. I love the title of “girlfriend”, mainly because it makes me feel more secure in what I am to my crush, […]
Read More More Than Someone’s GirlfriendWomen’s Weekend
A Weekend to Celebrate All the Women Out There This weekend, we celebrated International Women’s Day. There were speeches given and markets displayed to show what women have been capable of. When seeing everyone come out and celebrate what amazing things we do as women, it shows how we can be united as one front. […]
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