*Warning The Video That Is Attached Is Extremely Violent, Viewer Discretion is Advised* This past week I’ve had two different conversations with two different groups of people about the life of Transgenders, and the difficultly that they face in our society. Our society, as a whole, still views them as abnormal and more often than […]
Read More Man, I Feel Like A WomanEvidently, I am a masochist because I decided to start out this week with some of the most depressing and upsetting material (after I also read about http://sideeffectsofxarelto.org/xareltos-original-study-comparing-the-drug-to-warfarin-appears-to-have-been-skewed/). To make the Monday morning blues even bluer I decided to go and watch The Invisible War at Grafton with a friend of mine. Probably the best […]
Read More The Invisible WarI know we’ve all heard the saying that “Chivalry is dead because Feminism killed it” and part of me believes it. Then I sat down and really thought about it, why don’t I want a man holding the door open for me? Especially at a school like JMU, where it is expected for people to […]
Read More Why I Don’t Want Him Buying My DinnerI have no idea when my feminist ways started, but I know that they have been amped up recently due to my heavy involvement with other feminist minds. Now that little feminist inside of me has gotten louder than ever, reminding me every day that I have the responsibility to stand up to acts of […]
Read More There’s No Such Thing as a Perfect FeministThis year has been a growing period for me and my feminism, while sexual violence and other key feminist ideals have always been important to me, this is the first time that my base knowledge of feminism and its history has really expanded. I read more feminist writers, follow more feminist blogs, pay more attention […]
Read More What’s Women’s History Month?If you haven’t heard there has been a file charged against UNC for improperly handling sexual assaults cases,which is pretty bad in and of itself. Now, however, UNC is filing a Honor Code violation against one of the women who has been speaking out against UNC’s actions. This woman has been charged with creating a […]
Read More Quick Hit: The Ridiculous Things Going on at UNCThings that DON’T matter: What she’s wearing If she went home with him If her hair was in a ponytail If she was out late at night If she was by herself Things that DO matter: The fact that most sexual assaults are not reported due to fear The fact that many sexual assaults that […]
Read More Never to BlameA man and his son are in a car accident. They are taken to the nearest hospital. The emergency room doctor says, “I can’t operate on this child. This is my son.” Who is the surgeon?
Read More Wage War: It’s time we waged war on the wage warUnfortunately, the word feminism has gotten a bad rap over the years causing the subsequent attachment to the word to be seen as something negative. Often when I tell someone that I am a feminist I have to dispel false ideas that they have about me just because of my association. The negative stereotype is […]
Read More Things I’m NotI’m obsessed with Pinterest from crafting, to recipes, to ideas for my future home I’ll pin it all. This includes wedding ideas, something that girls are supposed to be planning from birth, and Pinterest is a wonderful conduit for it this obsession. The infinite ideas for invitations, receptions, and pictures makes any warm-blooded female go gaga, […]
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