When you think about lesbians, what immediately comes to mind? In much of the popular media, the portrayal of lesbians often conforms to a particular stereotype of what lesbians should look like. These portrayals typically focus on tall, thin, shapely women who make out in almost every scene. This narrow representation fails to represent what […]
Read More The fetishization of lesbiansOne of my favorite movies, Call Me by Your Name, is constantly on my watch rotation. The cinematography and representation of queer love are beautiful; I still cannot seem to get enough of it after (approximately) 27 viewings. Call Me by Your Name features 17-year-old Elio (Timothée Chalamet) and 24-year-old Oliver (Armie Hammer). Elio is […]
Read More Queer Utopia or Queer Fantasy? The Complicated Impact of Call Me by Your NameHello dear readers! This week’s newsroom is brought to you by Greenguac, pinkponygirl, and WomanOf1000Years. Local: The Need for Accessibility Improvements to school playground and communication Just a few weeks ago, the Special Education Advisory Committee of Harrisonburg was advocating for improvements in accessibility for disabled students. Ken Hill, the director of special education, represented […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 9/30/24“Stop being so sensitive”. Gosh, if I had a dollar for every time I heard this phrase. When did making racist, sexist, and homophobic jokes become so normal? We’re expected to laugh at jokes that put others down because laughing about the misfortunes of marginalized groups is apparently supposed to be funny. I used to […]
Read More Stop being so sensitiveHave you ever wondered how you ended up on a specific “side” of TikTok (such as FoodieTok, BookTok, FrogTok, etc.) or why your Instagram Explore page is constantly flooded with cooking videos? How does your TikTok ‘For You’ page keep your eyes glued to the screen for hours at a time? Social media algorithms are […]
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