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 from discrimination in all areas of life, including school, work, transportation, etc. And yet, almost thirty years after that legislation was passed, the way that we, as a society, […]
Read More Ableism is and EpidemicIf 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 term “bathroom bill” being thrown around a lot recently. But what’s with all the toilet talk? The bathroom bill is quite the hot topic in Congress right now, so […]
Read More What’s with all the toilet talk?“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 senior honors thesis. It’s basic grammar, right? A person walks but a group of people walk. Hannah screams but they all scream. It is grammar 101 – matching your […]
Read More Grammar is not an excuse to perpetuate the gender binary.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 blacktop exists primarily in the populated areas most requiring transit. As Harrisonburg is a city growing bigger than its’ government can plan for, it falls victim to urban design […]
Read More Leading The Way With Two WheelsNike recently announced its new Nike Pro Hijab, the brand’s first single-layer stretchy hijab for athletes. The Pro Hijab is the product of a yearlong design process between Nike and the three Muslim athletes from the United Arab Emirates, weightlifter Amna Al Haddad, triathlete Manal Rostom, and figure skater Zahra Lari. By working with these […]
Read More Nike’s New Pro-Hijab is Huge for Female Muslim AthletesIf you follow ShoutOut!’s twitter, you may have noticed that this weekend some of us got the opportunity to go to the 13th annual National Young Feminist Leadership Conference and were live tweeting from some of the panels and caucuses that were taking place. It was a really great weekend filled with a lot of […]
Read More Environmental Activism: A Review of NYFLC’s PanelUSA Amnesty International reports that 148,000 women are incarcerated in state and federal prisons worldwide, yet among these prisons, 70% of the guards are male. And among most of these women incarcerated; most of these women are in jail, the US Department of Justice reports that only 14% of these women are in jail for […]
Read More PR!SON: A Booming Business (Pt. 1)It has been quite some time since the writers of ShoutOut! were brought up to date on current events, so we managed to cover a lot during class. Among the most popular? A discussion concerning the effects of regulation on the environment, a response to identity equality, and a review of Twitter for responses from the march, […]
Read More ShoutOut! Newsroom Update March 20th 2017One of my favorite parts of feminism is the emphasis that is put on being an ally. ShoutOut has seen many bloggers and editors come and go, but they have all remained a part of our little community as some of our biggest supporters. Recently, former editor Shannon Garner paid a visit to our newsroom […]
Read More Your Virtual Reality May Be Someone Else’s RealitySince a young age, Emma Watson has enchanted me, and much of the public, with her wit, charm, and genuine nature. I know I am not alone in my admiration of the British actor, as the public has watched Emma grow from a curly-haired adolescent to an eloquent and striking woman. It seems that in a mutually […]
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