We Should All Be (Inclusive) Feminists
Note to the reader: if you’re unsure of what some of the terms in this post mean, check out ShoutOut’s definition page! Feminism is my buzzword.…
Opening Up The Old Boys’ Club
I spent this past weekend playing very challenging, high-level rugby games in the Women’s D1 Round of Sixteen for Nationals. Truthfully, we got our butts kicked, having lost…
I’ll Calm Down When You Start Listening: The Dangers of Tone Policing
About a month ago, I was out dancing with a friend of mine. It was just us two, and we were clearly content being on our…
Where are you, in the fight for unity?
The other night I was sitting in the photo lab on campus, sorting negatives, when I started Speaking Up, one of NPR’s Ted Radio Hour podcast episodes. It…
Janet Mock: Transgender Identity and the Notion of “Passing”
“I believe that telling our stories, first to ourselves and then to one another and the world, is a revolutionary act. It is an act that…
A Review of Adichie’s “Americanah”
Most people know Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her TED talk We Should All Be Feminists, or excerpts from this talk included in Beyonce’s “Flawless”. However, she’s also a…
Ableism is and Epidemic
It’s been almost thirty years since the birth of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) was passed, almost thirty years since differently-abled individuals were offered protection…
What’s with all the toilet talk?
If you’re like me and maybe don’t follow the news as closely as you should (but sometimes don’t like to admit it), you’ve probably heard the…
Grammar is not an excuse to perpetuate the gender binary.
“A singular pronoun should agree in number with the antecedent.” It seems like an innocent comment that a professor would leave in the margins of my…
Leading The Way With Two Wheels
If we take an aerial view of Harrisonburg, Virginia, for example, a majority of what we see is parking lots. 84% to be exact. Naturally, the…
