Hey readers! Tonight at 8 PM in Miller 1101, aliasmitch and I will be representing ShoutOut! in a forum on women’s issues hosted by the College Democrats. Topics include the gender pay gap, sexual education, and abortion. I hope to see you there!
Read More Signal boost: Women’s Issues Forum tonight!*Trigger Warning* Okay readers, bear with me for a second. I know we’ve been talking about politics a LOT here at ShoutOut. Between Katie O.’s post on Mitt Romney’s long history of flip-flopping to a recent Bitchin’ Table about Rick Santorum’s homophobia, we’ve covered just about all of the current crop of Republican candidates. But […]
Read More Election 2012: Republican men and women’s bodiesHello readers! This semester, I’m introducing a new feature that I’ll be writing bi-weekly highlighting women and organizations who promote labor feminism and work to better the status of working-class women. I know what you’re thinking, “But femistorian, don’t we live in America, where classes don’t exist?” How I wish that were true. We live […]
Read More Spring 2012 Feature: Working Women & FeminismAs some of our dear readers may or may not know, while I’m not busy being a proponent of working women’s history, I moonlight as co-president of Dukes for Choice. And in the last few months, I’ve had to answer a LOT of questions about abortion, reproductive health, and women’s rights in general. So I […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Monday: Post Abortion SyndromeTomorrow night in Keezell G8, the JMU Women and Gender Studies Program, Dukes for Choice, and NARAL Pro-choice VA will be hosting a screening of the documentary 12th & Delaware. The film takes an inside look at crisis pregnancy centers, and their pro-life, faith-based agenda. We will have a panel featuring Katie O., Joey Richards […]
Read More Quick Hit: 12th & Delaware Screening Tomorrow!Hey readers! I hope you’re all having a great break from school/work/whatever. I know this is technically an off week, but I thought I’d do a quick podcast review for those of you who need an excuse to get away from the family insanity this week!
Read More Feminist Podcast Review*Trigger Warning* In this last week, there has been much in the news about the recent arrest of former Penn State assistant coach Jerry Sandusky, and the subsequent firing of legendary football coach Joe Paterno, affectionately known as JoePa. Wait a minute, I know you’re wondering why I’m talking about Penn State football on a […]
Read More Thoughts on Penn StateHey everyone! Just a quick reminder that tomorrow, as part of the Reproductive Justice Film Series, the JMU Women and Gender Studies Program will be showing Jane: An Abortion Service. The film profiles the abortion service which operated in Chicago during the late 1960s and early 1970s, when abortion was illegal. It consists primarily of […]
Read More Quick Hit: Reproductive Justice Film Series TOMORROW!For those of you that don’t religiously read feministing.com like I do, I wanted to share an interesting article they linked to at racialicious. The piece talks about race and it’s interplay with sex at SlutWalk NYC. In short, a young girl showed up with a sign saying “Woman is the N***er of the World.”
Read More Quick Hit: Race, Gender, and Oppression in the SlutWalk movementAs most of you know, Troy Davis was executed this week after spending over two decades on death row. In spite of the vast amount of evidence that he was innocent. And the vast amount of public outcry against his execution. Students from Howard University were arrested for protesting outside the White House (where apparently […]
Read More Pro-life? More like anti-choice
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