I came across this Huffington Post article just now , it’s ridiculous: ” Going forward, if H.R. 3 becomes law, only incest victims younger than 18 could receive taxpayer funding for an abortion. Similarly, the longstanding exemption for victims of rape would be altered to only apply to cases of “forcible rape.” What is forcible rape? […]
Read More Quick Hit: ‘How 173 Congressmen Are Trying to Redefine Rape’Ciao my friends! Hope all was well while ShoutOut JMU! was on hiatus. I am writing to you from Washington DC. I will be up here this semester so I am hoping I will relay to you some things happening here. And one thing going on, I went to this amazing, amazing art gallery: National […]
Read More Hide/Seek: Difference and Desire in American PortraitureA friend of mine recently sent this link to me. It’s sad. It’s what all of have heard over and over again, rape, gang rape, she was drunk, they were drunk. She’s to blame, she’s the victim. Same old, same old. Read it all again. And again. And again. Keep reading it. Just because we […]
Read More Rape & Sexual Assault: DiariesI’ve explained this a few times to different kinds of people, some have ignored it, some have agreed with it, and some have dismissed it all together. Regardless, at least I spoke it and they heard it. Though I will say about those who have dismissed it weren’t really listening for they had their own […]
Read More Own It.I’ve heard this a few times, maybe not in the same wording, but definitely with the same meaning and intentions. Yes, Feminists have opinions, as non-Feminists, Republicans, Democrats, Independents, Moderates, or the Tea Party Movement do. But I know from that pulled list you would say at least one is not solely opinionated and holds […]
Read More Mythbustin’ Mondays: Feminists Are Only Opinionated And Hold No Truth or ValueHillary Clinton, Secretary of State and also former First Lady has gotten herself into a bit of trouble. As Wiki Leaks has published, Hillary Clinton had American officials spy on high-ranking United Nations diplomats, British representatives, the 5 permanent security council members: China, Russia, France, and the UK, and the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon. […]
Read More Clinton, Rice, and the Infamous Wiki LeaksBridalplasty, a new reality show on E! airing tomorrow, November 28th. Where women compete with other women for plastic surgeries and for their dream wedding. If the shows Bad Girls Club and Dr. 90210 had a baby, Bridalplasty would be its child.
Read More Boobs, Husbands, and Noses, Oh MyTransgender, a person (transexual or transvestite) who identifies and/or expresses a gender identity that differs from the one which corresponds to the person’s sex at birth, sometimes involving a partial or full reversal of gender. Two Gender & Justice classes ago, we watched a film titled, Almost Myself. My eyes opened to the transgender person’s […]
Read More The “T” In LGBTGoing along with our sexual assaults at JMU, I now see that these behaviors towards women aren’t really much of anything, especially since she was only inappropriately touched, nothing more. Molesting a female is a simple assault. Now, I don’t know much of the legal language and why they choose certain words to define offenses. […]
Read More Simple Assault? Being Molested Is Now “Simple.”After a week long writer’s block, it was only the night before my post was scheduled that a paper I did my freshman year come to mind. I ponder over of why I never thought to use this for a blog before, but as I think more and more, this topic was hard for me […]
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