Fade to Black, Role Credits.
Picture this… We’re driving down a traffic-less Port Republic Road (just go along with it, ok?). Windows rolled down, hair whipping in the summer breeze, a cloudless…
Thanks For the Memories
As I prepare to graduate in just 6 short days (*sobs), I’m looking back at all my time here while also looking forward to my next…
Prima Donald (Air)strikes Again
Tensions are flying high in the East – the bombing of a Syrian Air Base after only two days of deliberation, which provoked a threat of nuclear war by…
A Review of Adichie’s “Americanah”
Most people know Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie for her TED talk We Should All Be Feminists, or excerpts from this talk included in Beyonce’s “Flawless”. However, she’s also a…
A Review of Sexuality and Environment in Alison Bechdel’s “Fun Home”
The last page of Alison Bechdel’s graphic novel Fun Home is of a younger Bechdel jumping into the outstretched arms of her father in a swimming…
What’s with all the toilet talk?
If 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…
Grammar is not an excuse to perpetuate the gender binary.
“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…
Leading The Way With Two Wheels
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…
Nike’s New Pro-Hijab is Huge for Female Muslim Athletes
Nike 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…
Environmental Activism: A Review of NYFLC’s Panel
If 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…
