Hey everyone, Firstly, for those who identify as Christian, happy Easter. For everyone else, happy Sunday! For those of you however who are women, love women, are feminist, have mothers, sisters, etc. AND go to/support JMU today isn’t really such a happy day. As most of you, I’m sure, know, there is a video on […]
Read More “No one cares about misogyny, bring on the biddies”For those of you who believe that our university is immune to archaic thought and non-progressive thinking, I’m sorry to tell you…we’re not. I hear people say things like “Gay people basically have equal rights” and “The world is totally accepting of gay people nowadays” all the time. Obviously, this is not the case, but […]
Read More Gay? You’re obviously the result of bad parenting.Hope everyone was having an amazing holiday! This post was supposed to go out yesterday, however, my family celebrates Thanksgiving on Wednesday instead of Thursday (long story) so I just totally forgot. SORRY READERS! Anywho, in my hometown of York, Pennsylvania the one big club that we have is a gay club called XS. I […]
Read More XXXsDating back to the Victorian era, a common myth within the medical community is that female illness is attributed to make-believe stressors that are commonly caused by a strong desire for attention. During the nineteenth century water cures and extreme bed-rest (think the yellow wallpaper) were used to treat “hysteria” aka, female illness. It would […]
Read More Are you sick? and female? then it must be stress.I must admit, I am mildly obsessed with Carrie Bradshaw and her clan of insane gal pals. I love their independence and amazing sense of style, not to mention their sense of themselves. I recently purchased their latest movie, Sex and the City 2, and one scene stuck out in my mind. Towards the end […]
Read More Sexuality and the Middle Eastern City 2Okay faithful readers, I have a confession to make. When I sat down today to write my blog I couldn’t think of what to write about. I had a few ideas, but none that really spoke to me. So I spoke to a friend of mine and asked her what she thought a good topic […]
Read More Does Success Have a Gender?http://www.cosmopolitan.com/hairstyles-beauty/beauty-blog/brazilian-bikini-wax The above link is a link to the Cosmopolitan Magazine’s Blog, and specifically to their Blog about “Vajazzling” a new trend where women wax their cha chas and cover them with rhinestones. Women on the blog have various reactions to this idea, but most surprising to me was their concern over what men would […]
Read More To Vajazzle or Not to Vajazzle…That is the questionFor those of you who have read my bio, you already know that my goal is to become a lawyer. For the past two summers I have been interning in a Judges office in my hometown. Usually I shadow the judge and sit in on his cases, however, from time to time I shadowed other […]
Read More Law SchoolI found the following letter on a friend of mine’s facebook and figured that you all would find this as interesting as I did. “Dear Mr. Thatcher, I have been a loyal user of your ‘Always’ maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the LeakGuard Core or […]
Read More Men and Maxi PadsSPOILER ALERT! Sorry to be myth busting a day early, if it makes you feel better, feel free to stop reading immediately and come back and read tomorrow on Myth Busting Monday. For those of you who are okay with a little myth busting on Sunday, feel free to read on. Many people today believe […]
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