I am behind on my schoolwork this week and it is all Dexter Morgan’s fault. Not only have I neglected my studies, but I’m pretty sure the library’s media desk has been disturbed by my frequent visits and addict-like insistence that they give me the next disk, NOW. Even as I write this, I fight […]
Read More Why Dexter Should Murder the MediaBut there’s only a million reasons the penises of the world shouldn’t be making laws about body parts they don’t have. Was that an antagonistic statement? Definitely. Was Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan Lisa Brown going for shock value when she used the term “vagina” on the floor in June 2012? Maybe. When faced with restrictive […]
Read More I’m Sorry You’re So Interested In My Vagina…As usual it is Sunday night in Harrisonburg and Rachelle Rucker and I are at the Blue Nile sopping up unpronounceable Ethiopian dishes with injera bread and talking about abortion laws, and, as usual, the table next to us has started staring. It must be an unusual sight – two young women engaging in feminist […]
Read More Feminist Roots: Know Your Local Feminist!I have never wanted to be a Girl Scout. Anyone who knows me can tell you that I would rather be curled up in bed with a book than taking place in any kind of outdoor or physical activity. However this weekend (as I was in bed taking a break on my book), I ran […]
Read More How to Earn a Badge in FeminismHello readers! After a very un-feminist year off I am back at school and excited to tell you what I learned! It was so easy to be a feminist when I was on campus surrounded by my feminist friends. Living downtown and working 40+ hour weeks in local restaurants? That wasn’t so easy. My values remained intact, but I […]
Read More The Hairy Truth About FeminismThis is my second (or is it third?) late blog, and as I struggle to keep my head above water, convincing myself that I can work forty hours a week and complete finals, I feel like the light at the end of the tunnel is only growing dimmer. However, there is one thing keeping me […]
Read More Books That Are Better Than Twilight, for the Mind and the SoulI have been moving into my new apartment for three weeks. The unfinished project is not due to a lack of motivation, it’s just that I have so much stuff. I think my personal obsession with material objects began when I was six years old. My family moved from Oregon to Virginia, leaving most […]
Read More Shop Until You Drop (Your Economic and Social Status)I’ve always wondered this myself. Before I went to the Women and Gender Studies conference at the University of Richmond this past weekend I was excited for many reasons, not least of which was the prospect of seeing 230 feminists in the flesh. In Women’s Studies 200, 90% of the all female class looks a […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Monday – What Does a Feminist Look Like?It was a busy Thursday night at Daves Taverna Downtown, and I couldn’t figure out how to get my purse. I was hosting on the Taratsa, our outdoor patio, and I really needed to change my tampon. As much as I love Daves, I wasn’t willing to go into toxic shock syndrome for my job, […]
Read More Don’t Period.When I was fourteen I met my first “boyfriend” at church. He was sixteen and had a car, so my parents were convinced that he was going to take advantage of me. In all reality, he was a nice guy who gave me the wonderful memory of my first kiss on a bridge in the […]
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