Dear Mom, When I called you last week, we talked about children. You could barely contain your excitement – Christine just gave birth and cousin Amelia is pregnant with her fourth baby. You also reminded me that my cousins Helen, Sarah, and Anna all have babies. Mom, I don’t want to have a baby. You laughed […]
Read More Dear Mom: A Letter About Why I Will Never Give You Grandchildren*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 say it again for those in the back to hear: REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS ARE FOR EVERYONE. After attending the 2017 National Young Feminist Leadership Conference (NYFLC) in DC last weekend, and having some intersectional discussions, I reflected and realized how I cis-washed issues regarding abortion, birth control, feminine hygiene products, STI’s, and more. What […]
Read More Reproductive rights are for EVERYONE, not just WOMENThis isn’t my first rodeo discussing feminism. Many of my friends on Facebook assume feminism isn’t just about cisgender women, but it’s not. If you’re one of those people, I challenge you. Defend your position. Comment below and fight back. Unless you’re too scared? I’m listening. Feminist me. Every day I wake up, I face […]
Read More Feminist? You? Cash me ousside, how bout dah!Rewind back to Tuesday, February 28. That feels like forever ago, right? Well let me tell you a story. I hate public speaking. I shake, mumble, forget words, and sweat. But I wasn’t performing from memory. In fact, I wasn’t even performing my own work, it was someone else’s. So I should be fine, right? Theoretically. But what […]
Read More VDAY ({}) @ JMU: A Review from a Performer and Audience MemberTime and time again I have seen my friends and family sucked into toxic relationships. Sometimes its a friend or lover, sometimes its a family member, but it doesn’t really matter who it is. What matters is that each time, I have seen them chewed up and spit out. And sometimes I can’t be mad at the […]
Read More Five Ways To Fall In Love With YourselfBack in May 2016, under Obama’s administration, Title IX protected transgender students in public schools by allowing them the right to use which bathroom and locker room matches their gender. Yesterday, Trump administration went right ahead and rescinded this order, taking civil rights for all genders out of the hands of the nation and into the […]
Read More Back in the Toilet: Trump Transgresses on Transgender Civil RightsOver this weekend, a bromance bloomed between President Trump and Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, but not for the reason you would expect. Despite chronically ridiculing President Obama’s number of golf rounds over the past eight years, Trump is now determined to form personal connections with foreign dignitaries through… wait for it… golf! Unfortunately, Trump […]
Read More Three Men, One Missile: For the First Time, Trump Does Something RightOne of the most difficult situations is watching a friend or family member suffer from mental or physical abuse. There’s only so much you can say, and in the end the choice stays in the hands of the person living through that experience. It’s easy to panic when you are worried for the wellbeing of […]
Read More Five ways to be supportive when your BFF/fam is in an abusive relationshipHere is what we’ve been talking about this week! Climate changes destroys traditional farming style that dates back to Mayans Despite politicians attempts to explain how climate change isn’t real, or that global warming is a lie, facts state otherwise! Farmers use a rainfed practice called milpa, which helps overcome the poor soil conditions. Some of […]
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