Personal Digital Assistant? Parenteral Drug Association? Uh, not quite. Alright kids, it’s time to have “the talk”. You know, the talk that might even be more awkward than the mandatory birds and the bees talk following your first day home after Family Life in the fourth grade. We’re talking about the one thing guaranteed to […]
Read More PDA–Powerful? Or pansy?This blog topic brought to you by a rather lively discussion in our latest Her Two Cents meeting. (For more info on JMU’s premiere feminist bookclub, see this post!) Alright, so Sister Wives. TLC’s newest reality TV show based upon the lives of the Brown family–just your average, ordinary, every day, mundane, run-of-the-mill polygamist family […]
Read More Sister WivesWhen my friend asked me this morning what I was going to blog about today, I told her that my general concept went something like this: “Women in the Media blah blah blah negative images, harmful stereotypes yadda yadda stuff you’ve heard before; SEE HOW HARD MAD MEN ROCKS.” (I thought about titling this blog […]
Read More MAD…Women?When I was in the eighth grade, my mom and her friends started a mother/daughter book club. So once a month from the time I was in eighth grade until I left for college, my friends and their moms got together to discuss a book over tasty food and coffee. Adorable, right? Right. And I’ve […]
Read More Her Two CentsIt’s been all over the media. Ellen is talking about it. Sarah Silverman is talking about it. There’s even a post by our very own BlondeRedhead on the topic. I’d like to think that the whole world grieves the loss of these young lives, and yet there always seems to be a voice beckoning us […]
Read More Dan Savage the Demi-God.Alright fellow inhabitants of the college age-bracket! It’s that time again. (& No, I don’t mean time for the Britney episode of Glee.) It’s MIDTERM ELECTION TIME! Ahh, can’t you just smell the ballots in the air? But here’s the thing. I’m scared and you should be too. Watch this
Read More If a feminist votes in the woods, does anyone hear it?She’s 4th on the Forbes list of Most Influential Celebrities, she’s featured in the Time 100 and whether she’s asking Cher to hold her “meat purse” or covering herself in blood in a sensationalized staged suicide, Lady Gaga is always on the front lines of the media. And it’s for good reason. Seriously, I saw […]
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