Like the majority of American children, I grew up watching, and loving, Disney. The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, Tarzan, and Pocahontas were just a few of my favorites. Little did I know, that aside from getting me to stop bothering my parents for an hour or so, these movies had larger implications on my […]
Read More Not So Happily Ever After, DisneyThe issue with so many misogynistic aspects of our society is that they can seem so completely normal at first. Until we take a closer look at our behaviors and the messages we are receiving, we often don’t noticed the ways that these actions can inherently hurt women. However, once you know to be more […]
Read More Listen Up, Under ArmourWe’ve heard it a million times. Maybe we’ve even said it ourselves. Or worse: maybe we’ve been deemed a biddie. This term has gained a place in our everyday vocabulary – yet we don’t often stop to think about the meaning or history of this word.
Read More What Does Biddie Mean, Anyway?What makes a man stronger? Showing that he cares. This is the message of the new #RealStrength campaign by Dove, which promotes the involvement of fathers in their children’s lives. It has become more common for fathers to play a prominent role in children’s lives, which is a huge step in the right direction towards gender equality. […]
Read More Daddy Day CareOnce again, Kim Kardashian has made headlines for yet another magazine cover. This time she poses in an editorial spread for the Spring/Summer 2015 edition of LOVE magazine. The spread is centered on Prada’s most recent shoe collection but has instead gained its attention because, aside from wearing the latest designer heels, Kim is nude […]
Read More Kim Kardashian & the Patriarchal BargainThe ratio of women to men on campus is one of the first things I learned about when I was applying to JMU. The first thing people usually said was “wow, that’s such a party school”, quickly followed by “wow, there are so many girls there.” While the comment about JMU’s reputation as a party school […]
Read More Stop Complaining about the Female to Male RatioSo this past week and a half has been pretty rough. I sprained my knee, and as a result I have been hobbling my way to class for the past few days. When I first injured my knee, I was prepared for how much it sucks to be on crutches and how handi-inaccessable our campus […]
Read More Hurting your knee sucks, but mansplaining sucks more.Have you ever heard of a counter feminist? I hadn’t until I stumbled upon the community through the subreddit r/TheRedPill. As I started digging through posts and blogs and articles, the amount of material I was able to find surprised me. A cursory google search of “counter feminist” returned an astounding 6.5 million hits. While reading […]
Read More “The Spinning Plate Theory”- Counter feminists’ guiding principal to the sexual economyI was at work this morning, having a laid back conversation with a friend, when I stumbled upon the Facebook page for The Dean’s List calendar—a publication centered around, “12 beautiful and intelligent James Madison University women.” I was originally going to write about how this calendar is a STELLAR exemplification of society’s pervasive objectification […]
Read More Feminism = Sexism? Ahem, Dictionary Please!Now announcing the Olympic podium results for the Mother category… it looks like this year’s competition goes to- wait. WHAT? Actually, yeah that sounds about right. I can’t believe in this day and age, when more and more responsibilities are being flung upon women, that competing for the Olympic Mother gold medal isn’t here yet. […]
Read More Motherhood: An Olympic Sport
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