When you think about Iowa, you think cornfields, tornadoes, and old-fashioned thinking. Therefore, when I saw the title of this clip Two Lesbians Raised a Baby and This is What They Got, I expected to see something degrading a lesbian couple and their child. Surprisingly, I watched as a passionate young male stood and fought […]

Growing up in southwest Virginia was an experience I’ll never forget or ever want to change. It was full of shoe-less summers, winters by the fire, and a few early mornings spent waking up somewhere in the Appalachian Mountains. Luckily, even though I was constantly surrounded by everything that was considered remotely Southern Virginia, I […]

Watching daytime T.V., we are constantly bombarded by images of the “perfect” man or the “desirable” woman. These images and these projected ideals are a huge reason as to why America faces disorders, diseases, and sexism. Channels such as MTV, VH1, and E! show women and men, beautiful and fit, in constant gender roles. They […]

When someone says that word “feminism” to me, it brings to mind many things: independence, gender and racial equality, bell hooks, freedom to work, college education for women, my mother, hope, women helping women, Jessica Valenti, sexuality, and many more things… To a lot of people, however, who don’t consider themselves feminist, “feminism” is just […]