The Faculty Advisors of ShoutOut! JMU are humbled to bring you an ongoing summer series from our archives featuring the voices of our Black blogging alumni.
Topics to come are as diverse and nuanced as the Black community itself, and we can’t wait to share.
This semester took a left turn that we never saw coming. Yet, we still had a damn good semester. Here are our final words as we close an unforgettable chapter in the ShoutOut history books.
Read More To a Semester Like No Other…Cheers?As we all know, social distancing has become the new norm, and we have started to quarantine in various spaces. Within social media, I see a fear of weight gain, and to dive deeper, I see fatphobia.
Read More Fatphobia During the Corona PandemicTears may fall and that is perfectly okay! This post is here to let you know that tears aren’t a bad thing!
Read More Big Girls DO CryHey friends! This post just gives a small look into the life of being a tattooed black woman.
Read More My Body, My ArtDear Professionalism,
Why does my naturally, curly hair offend you? Does the color of my brown skin make you uncomfortable? Does my intelligence threaten you? Do my emotions intimidate you? Do you even want me to be confident and true to myself?
Ever heard of the Bechdel test? It’s a test that measures the representation of women in films by asking three simple questions.
Read More Let’s Talk About the Bechdel TestHave you ever been forced to change due to a dress code violation? Most girls can say yes, and these strict policies often result in hurting young teen in many ways.
Read More Sexism in Dress CodesThank you to all of our readers this semester! We definitely had a wonderful group of bloggers who touched on a wide variety of topics and wrote about them through a feminist lens. From virginity to transphobia to male feminism to injustices in healthcare, our bloggers reached new heights with the wide range of topics […]
Read More Thank You for a Great Semester!The laws created echo the continuous struggles of women and other marginalized groups. Laws are the culmination and the realization that our patriarchal society has created from its inception. The laws that have been created by our society came into being during the revolutionary war and the subsequent creation of the Declaration of Independence. These […]
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