Just a quick reminder for all of our readers in the Harrisonburg/JMU community: Tonight at 8 PM on the Commons, we will be holding a vigil along with other student organizations and the Women’s and Gender Studies Program in response to the many sexual assaults against JMU students this semester. To get more information, check […]
Read More Signal Boost: Stand Against Sexual Violence TONIGHT!This week at ShoutOut!, Visionsofourfuture has some celeb news to share! First, this collaborative cover of “You Don’t Own Me” by Lesley Gore, reminds women of the power of their voice and the importance of their vote. Chris Brown is causing a stir in the media again — this time after dressing up as a terrorist for […]
Read More Links Round-Up*Trigger warning: rape* I firmly believe in the mission of this blog. I believe that discussing feminist issues amongst friends, in class, and in the community, is essential to promoting feminist goals. But talking is not enough. So far this semester, there have been multiple assaults and rapes of JMU students. One so violent that […]
Read More Because talking isn’t enough.This week: Jgrand50 saw that CNN pulled a report that investigated the effect of ovulation on women voting. Luckily, we all were spared the craizness. On a related note, Obama (smartly) continues to push against Rebulicans on women’s issues. His recent speaches attack Richard Murdock’s disgusting comments about rape. Femistorian wants you all to watch this amazing […]
Read More Links Round-UpHappy Weekend, everyone! Here are this week’s link roundups! eszenyme wants us to read this really great article on how the “world’s ugliest woman” not only deals with judgment from her condition, but how she’s used that judgment to become a motivational speaker and writer about body image. She also likes this article that discusses feminism in […]
Read More Link Roundup!Thanks to my dad’s job, I was given the benefit of growing up around the world. For two years in high school, I lived in a tiny little south Asian country between China and India called Nepal. A lot of times when I mention it, I am often asked questions about how I liked living […]
Read More Quick Hit: World News to CelebrateBut there’s only a million reasons the penises of the world shouldn’t be making laws about body parts they don’t have. Was that an antagonistic statement? Definitely. Was Democratic Congresswoman from Michigan Lisa Brown going for shock value when she used the term “vagina” on the floor in June 2012? Maybe. When faced with restrictive […]
Read More I’m Sorry You’re So Interested In My Vagina…With everything going on in the world these days, it can be easy to feel upset and saddened by the news. Given the recent events in Libya, and across the Middle East and Africa, it is understandable that many Americans are upset and frustrated that their fellow countrymen are in harms way. But that never, […]
Read More [TW: Racism] Signal Boost: We Are All HarrisonburgHi Everyone! Along similar lines as the Dominion Lecture series is the upcoming Bad Girls Re-Shape/Shake the Academy. Mayock and Radulescu have both co-edited Feminist Activism in the Academy essays. It is a part of the JMU Visiting Scholars Program. Event info is below! Wednesday, September 12, 6:00 p.m. Miller Hall 1101
Read More Quick Hit: Ellen Mayock and Dominica RadulescuNext Monday, September 3rd, the Madison Caucus for Gender Equality will be hosting the Dominion Lecture featuring Joan Williams! Joan Williams, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of California Hastings College of the Law, presents “Successful Career Tips from Savvy Career Women: The Four Patterns of Gender Bias” describing the patterns of bias documented […]
Read More Quick Hit: Dominion Lecture Next Week!!!
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