This has been a great semester. We hope you all have enjoyed all the conversations had and continue to read/ discuss with us! Thank you all for reading and engaging in conversation. It truly is important that as a feminist community, we have these conversations. Looking back, we have done our best to cover feminist events […]
Read More See you all next semester!I, often, get frustrated because my marginalization enables me to see the marginalization in others. Also, my marginalization is compounded due to intersections which disables my privilege. I encounter individuals that face marginalization but in a singular form. There is no hierarchy to oppression but there is a noticeable disregard for the impact of combining […]
Read More Out of Sight, Out of Mind: Intersections Outside of Our IdentitiesWhite feminism has been a concept before contemporary society. White feminism is socially defined as the focus on the issues effecting white, cisgender women. White feminism implies that inequality only effects white, cisgender women and disregards various intersections which create marginalized identities. As a woman of color, I am simultaneously reminded of the inequality that […]
Read More White Feminism: Your Feminist Faves are ProblematicI originally started this post 5 months ago, it sounded scattered. It was hard because of the complexity of this concept. I remember sitting in my bed thinking how can I explain to others that my identity in particular my physical features as a black woman are not celebrated until on a white individual. Along […]
Read More Ethnic Features & Culture as a Trend: The Displacement of Black WomenBefore you judge this post by the title, I want you to know that my Mom is not a typical Mom. Since my birthday is tomorrow (Sept. 23), I think about the person who brought me into this world as she often reminds me. I would like to say that we grew up together. She […]
Read More Confronting Transphobia in My FamilyHello our lovely readers, We are officially back for another semester. As you can tell, we have a new look. ShoutOut is constantly evolving into an image that is more reflective of who we are as a source for feminist discourse. But, we are liking this current look we have and hope you like it […]
Read More Welcome Back!Going into my first semester as a ShoutOut! blogger, I was hesitant and excited. I was excited to see meet feminists with the same thoughts and perspectives. But I was hesitant to encounter the ‘know-it-all’ feminist. In my opinion, a know-it-all feminist is an individual that is not open to hearing other perspectives. Also, they […]
Read More The Stigma and Reality of Feminist CommunitiesAmandla Stenberg, known for her roles in Columbiana and Hunger Games, is stepping out and making a statement about cultural appropriation in 2015. In “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows” (an extremely clever and captivating name by the way), Sternberg takes the audience on a history of cultural appropriation of black culture. Before discussing the video, […]
Read More “Don’t Cash Crop My Cornrows”: Are we Living in an Era of Cultural Appropriation?While reading bell hooks’ (yes, lowercased) Feminism for Everybody, I was really struck by an excerpt from the chapter “To Love Again: The Heart of Feminism”. Although the chapter relates to how relationships and feminism should intertwine, hooks portrays feminism to be a loving philosophy. The excerpt states: “When we accept that true love is […]
Read More Feminism is LoveThis past Tuesday, I along with another Shout Out blogger, thewanderingotter, attended UVA’s Pride Week event featuring guest speaker, Janet Mock. Yes, you read that correctly — JANET MOCK. I am still in disbelief that she came to little ol’ Charlottesville. Both “Wandering Otter” and I were convinced that a body double would show up […]
Read More Janet Mock: Expression as Survival & Activism
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