It’s been a couple of weeks now since I last updated on my living arrangement, so I thought I’d update ShoutOut with what’s going on. If you didn’t catch it before, I live with eight other men in a tiny 100-year-old colonial, and sometimes things can get a little hairy when boy meets world and […]
Read More The Patriarchy is Real Y’allMy favorite holiday is almost here: Halloween! Many will rush to complete or buy last minute costumes this weekend, and others will prepare for the festivities in other ways. Since being in college, I’ve personally noticed a wide array of unique costume ideas. Some more thoughtful than others; the temperature’s dropped and snowed the past […]
Read More The Frightful Thought of a Culturally Aware HalloweenIt’s that time of the semester for college students: midterms. While I’ve finished all but one, the strain of the last week has been wearing me down. I’ve come to appreciate my education more and more though the years of pouring over books and writing countless papers. It’s humbling in a way, even if I […]
Read More Men, Let’s Be Accountable and AuthenticHello all, this is ElFeministo here to tell you this post comes with a trigger warning: this post will talk about rape and rape culture. Please do not open the jump if you do not wish to read. Thank you. This time of year always brings happiness and glee. I love Fall, and I especially […]
Read More American Horror Story Review: Rape Culture and Violence in Entertainment MediaFacebook: Internet mega-site, business leader, media innovator, and pop culture phenomena. Since it’s debut in 2004, the site has faced a rollercoaster ride of traumatic gains and losses. From it’s suedo-biographical movie of founder Mark Zuckerberg’s rise to fame, to last year’s abysmal stock performance, Facebook has seen it’s fair share of troubles, but a […]
Read More Sheryl Sandberg: Businesswoman ExtraordinaireWhat happens when 9 friends with different backgrounds, interests and aspirations come to live in a 100-year-old house? No, it’s not another predictable season of Real World (or any other train-wreck of a reality show MTV produces), no it’s actually my current living situation. As I’ve mentioned before, I live with eight other guys and […]
Read More Judge a Man by the Quality of His Dishwashing: Politics of HouseworkLast week I talked about my frustration with the media industry focusing on body image more than real news. Along the same vein, I explore a little bit about the media’s role in promoting a beauty ideal. I was mindlessly scrolling through tumblr one day, when a flash caught my attention and demanded a second […]
Read More Weighting for Change, Part 2Sitting on my parent’s bed watching Entertainment Tonight with my mom I rejoiced in correctly guessing the mystery Star Birthday of the night. Impressed, my mom asked how I knew, and I proudly explained there was a repeating pattern between the three choices that went backwards starting at three. She clapped for me as I […]
Read More Weighting For Change, Part OneIf you aren’t familiar with James Madison University or it’s business school, let me preface this post with a little backstory. JMU is known for a great many things, and one of which is our Business School. Consistently ranked among the top 15 in the nation, the CPA program was ranked #1 by the National […]
Read More The Times They Are A (Positively) Changin’When I was young, my mom and dad tried to teach me the odds and ends of manners. I’ve been told some of my first words were please and thank you. Before I was four I knew it was polite to open and hold the door for someone, and I remember doing so when my […]
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