Recently I was reading this article by Jenni Monet for CNN about some of the different issues surrounding Native Americans portrayal that have been making headlines, probably some that you’ve noticed. From Karlie Kloss in an offensive “Native American-style headdress” on the Victoria’s Secret runway to the video “Looking Hot” by No Doubt, there has been a lot of […]
Read More Native American Feminism is relevantEarlier this semester I went down to Virginia Tech to visit some friends of mine and take in the downtown scene. While I was there I witnessed two fights. The first night was a pretty heated fight between two men and after a brief tussle, one of the men hit the other man over the […]
Read More Gender and FightingToday for our Feminist Roots feature, I have interviewed someone I believe I know fairly well, myself. So hold on tight and get ready for a pretty darn exciting interview. If someone asked me when I became a feminist, I don’t think I’d be able to give them a straight answer. I couldn’t pinpoint a precise moment […]
Read More It’s Feminist Roots Time!Think of some of the most popular and influential women in celebrity universe today, and probably Taylor Swift comes to mind. While I personally can’t stand the woman, I do have to give her props for working so hard and using super clever marketing and advertising techniques to make herself critical to the tween, teen […]
Read More In whichTaylor Swift makes me pull my hair outSo I have this fear of zombies, which I know isn’t really unusual since they’re super freaky but if you knew me personally, you would know that I typically don’t fear things like zombies. I mean come on, they’re dead people who for some very unexplainable reason ( I mean really now, I still have […]
Read More My new obsession with… The Walking DeadSo it’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month, as I’m sure everyone has no doubt noticed by now. In case you hadn’t though, the insane amount of pink products would probably have helped to tip you off. Seriously, so.many. pink. products. Which is of course the perfect transition for me to talk about an issue that I tend […]
Read More Save my boobs? Save my life.Recently I read an article from jezebel.com that brought on a pretty big “DUH” moment for me. In This article, Erin Heatherton, a Victoria’s Secret was being interviewed and someone asked her how she felt about Photoshop and what impact that has had on her. Her response was this, “”I think it’s people’s own prerogative […]
Read More The Fantasy RealityOne of my friends recently became interested in feminism and has actually begun taking women’s studies classes and a lot of that is due to a lovely book that I had to pick up too. “The Chalice and The Blade” by Riane Eisler is not a new book nor it is necessarily an easy read. […]
Read More Read This In All Your Spare Time….!I first met Adora through the JMU policy debate team and initially thought she was pretty cool, however, when we became debate partners, I realized I’d been wrong. She wasn’t cool. She was awesome. You see, Adora was one of the first people I was ever able to have a real, critical discussion of feminism […]
Read More Feminist Roots: Know your friendly, on-campus feminist!Passion and anger. Too often one can equate the other. Feeling passionate is awesome. It’s important; in fact, I would even argue that, for feminists, it is essential. Yet passion, I believe, not only has a proper time and place, but can also be used to either further, or damage, a cause. “Feminists are ANGRY.” […]
Read More Anger + Feminism + Stereotypes
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