We often look at feminism as something that needs to be serious or maybe even academic. Art forms and performance pieces can speak just as loudly though about female oppression and feminism. So to shake things up, here are five badass women who are slam poets. Their work ranges from intersectionality to perceptions of feminists. […]
Read More 5 Badass Female Slam Poets You Should KnowHookup culture has been a hot topic for women, particularly women in college as both a liberating or seemingly empowering trend. Some believe the hookup culture has become a gender equalizer by allowing us to pick and choose whom we want to have relationships with. We have the power to be sexually autonomous and empowered […]
Read More Who is Getting the Most Out of Hookup Culture?As feminists, we more often tend to talk about intersectionality in ways of race, sexual orientation, or even gender expression. Intersectionality is such an important area of understanding feminism because you have to check your privilege and bias as the door. For example, I understand my white, heterosexual privilege when looking as issues involving race […]
Read More Disability and FeminismThe stereotype of women is that they all love shopping. But frankly, shopping can be really hard, especially with a fashion industry who doesn’t think of their consumers. The average woman is a size 14, yet many stores max out at a size 16. Also, rarely do clothing stores with lingerie sell A cup bras […]
Read More 18 Worst Things When Shopping with a Different Body TypeWe are all familiar with the scene in Snow White when the Evil Queen asks, “Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who is the fairest of them all?” But in the 21st century, that mirror has transformed into videos. Welcome to the world of YouTube- a place where young girls turn to an interactive mirror to […]
Read More Pretty or Ugly? Issue of Teen Girls Self EsteemMy mother and grandmother were both veterans and I cannot imagine the struggles they went through. Being in the military sounds tough- more so than I think we in society give credit for- but being a woman adds even more difficulties within military culture as well. Our cultural understanding of military women assumes they are […]
Read More Female Veterans: Not Just TomboysMy cousin just turned twelve, which terrifies me because the age of the “tween” is when everything is awkward and everyone is pressuring you to be someone you are not. When I asked her what she wanted for her birthday, her list revolved around clothes and makeup. I offered up some alternatives because I was […]
Read More Girls Can Be Smart AND Pretty!While we have been talking about Miley Cyrus a lot, a lot, a lot, a lot lately, let’s take a trip down memory lane, shall we? The year is 2008. Lil’ Miley is only 15 years old. She is rocking her Hannah Montana franchise and doing everything a perfect Disney Princess would. And then she […]
Read More Pop Princesses and Girlhood Turned WomanhoodLast week, I wrote about commercial surrogacy and how women are often exploited in the industry. However, Dr. Roy’s lecture brought up another aspect of commercial surrogacy that perhaps is a more underlying problem for motherhood and birth- the idea of genetically modified children. Roy explained that another aspect of commercial surrogacy is being able […]
Read More Birth as a Business Transaction- Part 2This week, the Shout Out! Bloggers and I attended a fantastic lecture that presented the issue of women’s health through a different, global lens than the typical arguments heard in American media. While women’s health often revolves around choice, access to birth control, and health care- we often forget how health is involved in motherhood […]
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