As promised, I want to follow up my conversation regarding “Blurred Lines” from earlier this week. I think it’s safe to say I’ve exhausted the conversation from the rape vs. consent angle, so instead I want to focus on the popular rhetorical response to the song and video. This response takes the form of a […]
Read More Blurred Lines of Interpretation, Part 2If you aren’t familiar with James Madison University or it’s business school, let me preface this post with a little backstory. JMU is known for a great many things, and one of which is our Business School. Consistently ranked among the top 15 in the nation, the CPA program was ranked #1 by the National […]
Read More The Times They Are A (Positively) Changin’If you didn’t know, the semester is wrapping up for the year. When I look back on this semester I can only see a blur. It may not have been the toughest, but it certainly hasn’t been the greatest. Of the few real memories I can conjure up, I can distinctly remember every time I […]
Read More Reflections from Wonderland: A Newfound Feminist’s JourneyI’m a gamer and damn proud. You won’t catch me toting a DS waiting to update my Animal Crossing town or feed my Nintendogs. I won’t spend hours in front of my tv wasting the brilliance that is the outdoors. And I will never pass up time with friends, to finish that last level of […]
Read More No Damsel In Distress Here: Anita Sarkeesian and Her Kickstarter StoryLast night, survivors and allies of sexual assault gathered at James Madison University to “take back the night.” Throughout the month of April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the annual event takes place in communities and campuses around the world. The goal is to draw awareness to the prevalence of sexual assault, de-stigmatize it, […]
Read More Take Back the NightIf you’re on the West Coast and it’s still March 3rd, celebrate the 100th anniversary of the 1913 Women’s Suffrage Parade! If you’re like me and like sweet vintage photography (I’m talkin’ hi-res, restored black and whites people!), or if you like bad-ass women of American history, check out The Atlantic’s collection in commemoration of […]
Read More Quick Hit: 1913 Suffrage ParadeMeet Alana Simpson, my first guest blogger ever! I email interviewed her at work for a press release a few weeks ago and have been excited to share her story ever since. On Tuesday, January 23, Alana traveled to Richmond with thirty-five other JMU Social Work students to spend a day advocating for social justice […]
Read More Saturday Special – Guest Blogger!In the weeks following the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s decision to lift a near 20 year ban prohibiting women from serving in combat, a wide gap has formed between those for and against this this equal opportunity measure. While many arguments have been brought up and counter argued from both positions, I’d like to highlight […]
Read More Call of Duty: Women in CombatThis week: Visionsofourfuture recommends this powerful video put together by Project Unspoken at Emory University asks both men and women what they do in their daily lives to avoid sexual assault and harassment. Following the re-election of President Obama, this article argues that our country is not the “traditional America anymore” — and good riddance. […]
Read More Links Round-UpLast night, my faith in humanity was restored. After feeling like I couldn’t even call myself a feminist anymore, after questioning all of the beliefs I have held dear since childhood, and after feeling like humanity was nothing but a bunch of assholes, I was proven wrong. Last night, so many of my friends, professors, […]
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