So as you have seen, this is the last time many of us bloggers will be writing for Shout Out. I honestly thought that this project would not have gone as fast as it did. I feel like I have so many more things to say and talk about but I will probably just have […]
Read More It looks like an Ending but is just the Beginning!So if you don’t attend James Madison University you probably don’t know what Madipalooza is. To give you a little background I am going to tell you how Madipalooza started. Madipalooza started the Spring of 2011, many people think that it was created in place of what JMU used to hold which was called Spring […]
Read More Madipalooza from a Feminist PerspectiveSo the other day I was singing a song that I sang when I was in elementary school. Its from Annie Get Your Gun the musical, called Anything you Can Do. In case you have never heard of this musical here is a little background on it. It’s about woman named Annie Oakley, based on the […]
Read More I can do anything better than you!Most people know what March Madness is, but if you don’t know, its when the colleges plays in single-elimination Division I college basketball tournaments. Now I really don’t know a lot about basketball, the only reason I know a little bit is from watching the JMU Dukes men’s basketball team making it into the NCAA tournament […]
Read More March Madness: Don’t forget the women!Being a young woman we have this ritual that we participate in with other women whom we are close with. We do this ritual when we just need to have a night to ourselves, have a little fun, and stop stressing about work or school. This ritual is called Girls Night Out. Growing up in […]
Read More Girls Night Out for the College WomanI know there are a lot of commercials out there that are very stereotypical about womens’ roles in society. Such commercials are cleaning products or cooking products for stay at home moms and makeup commercials about women’s self conscience about their aging beauty. But I think its important to highlight those commercials that are out […]
Read More Breaking the female commercial moldSo I wanted to continue with my discussion in my last post about sexiness, but I want to now focus now on more about how sexiness in our culture effects the younger generation. When I was younger I did not understand what sexy was. The only exposure I would get was from tv shows or […]
Read More A younger generation of sexyDoes being a confident sexy woman mean that you are buying into the stereotypical persona of a sexy woman? Over the years there have been many women who have been sex icons like Marilyn Monroe, Britney Spears or Pamela Anderson. Do these women who are famous for being sex icons degrade us as women? I […]
Read More We’re Bringing Sexy Back!So I have been on the search for internships over these past few weeks and it has been getting me to think about what field I want to go into when I graduate. It has also got me thinking of women in the work place. Now it is a common known fact that in certain […]
Read More Work it Women: Women in the workforceSo it’s the day that people have been awaiting its approach, Valentine’s Day. There are those who are walking around starry eyed over the gifts, candy, flowers, and special dinner dates they get to spend with that special someone. Then there are those who just want to stay inside and pretend like its just another […]
Read More Another Valentine’s Day commercial…….
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