Don’t be stupid. Join me in boycotting Diesel. I admit the only article of clothing I own from there came from a Goodwill, but if I walked into a second-hand store tomorrow and found a whole new Diesel wardrobe on the racks, I would have to pass it by. As long as I can remember, Diesel […]
Read More Why I’m Done With DieselHolly Kearl,” Street Harassment: What it is, why it matters, and what YOU can do about it!” Thursday, February 24, at 6:30 pm in Miller 1101 Kearl is a national expert on street harassment and author of Stop Street Harassment: Making Public Places Safe and Welcoming for Women. She is based in the Washington […]
Read More Quick Hit – Holly Kearl Speaks On Street Harassment 2/24I am not feeling like much of a feminist today. How could I, after spending two days in bed mourning the loss of my ex-boyfriend? We did the thing, I am sure you have experienced it or heard, where you get back together for a relationship death rattle after time apart. Aside from being the […]
Read More Virginia Woolf Saves the DaySigh. It’s Valentines Day. Just another day to some of you, but a very important day to others. And me? I still haven’t quite figured that out. Everyone from men to my mother assume that as a feminist I must hate the holiday, but I like the color pink a lot, as well as the […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Monday – All We Need Is A Few Perfect MenOppression can only survive in silence. Make your voice heard! Sister Speak is now accepting new members and/or submissions for our Spring 2010 issue. Have you ever been publicly harassed because of your race, class, gender, age, or sexual orientation? Help us raise awareness to the JMU community that these incidences are NOT isolated, they […]
Read More Sister Speak wants YOU!If there is one thing that will make me emotional, it is being disappointed in a museum. Sound extreme? You obviously didn’t grow up across the mountain in Luray. My small hometown is lacking in just about everything but charm and caverns. The only place to shop is Wal-Mart. There are four traffic lights, one […]
Read More Women with Wall SpaceWe have narrowly won a victory today. For those of you who don’t know, the “Smith Bill,” is an antiabortion GOP-backed House bill that was proposed by Republicans a few weeks ago. The bill proposed changing current abortion laws, which provides federal money for abortions in the case of life-threatening pregnancies or rape. The Smith […]
Read More Quickhit – All Rape is “Rape Rape”Critics of feminism have said that my generation lives in a land of “post-feminism,” otherwise known as “the age of Enlightened Sexism.” With the attitude that the battle for women’s rights has been won, media has encouraged audiences to view sexism as a form of entertainment rather than a system of a oppression. As a […]
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