So 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 economyOctober is Domestic Violence Awareness month, so in honor of that, I would like to highlight how we as a society can address the problems of dating violence and how we can stop it, together. It is important to raise awareness, but it is also extremely important to know how to act if you see […]
Read More Be an Active Citizen – If You See Something, Say SomethingThis new Republican ad campaign created to cater to college-aged women aims to convince undecided voters to choose the GOP candidate in the upcoming gubernatorial elections. The ads are based the popular TLC show Say Yes to the Dress and present the candidates as two different styles of wedding dresses. The Republican candidates is presented as […]
Read More Say Yes to the GOP?Take a second to listen to this song by Lil Dicky: Although Lil Dicky’s song is satirical and supposed to be humorous, the song points out a lot of accurate examples of how inequality still exists in America today.
Read More It’s a good day to be a white dudeThis weekend, Emma Watson gave a speech at the U.N. Headquarters in New York, and it has the potential to change the future of feminism. Emma Watson is known for her role as Hermione Granger in the Harry Potter movies, and earlier this summer she was named United Nations Women Goodwill Ambassador. If you have […]
Read More Emma Watson Launches HeForShe, a Gender Equality Movement Aimed at MenAs many of us have heard and/or seen, JMU’s campus was recently disrupted by a man named Preacher Ross, who stood in front of Carrier preaching his interpretation of Christianity. He condemned the actions that all college students engage in targeting the music we listen to, the people we idolize, and what we do in […]
Read More What We Can Learn from Preacher RossI 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!Today all of us ShoutOut! JMU bloggers watched this video from Meagan Mackay. Let us know what you think in the comments below!
Read More QUICK HIT: Ray Rice Inspired Make Up TutorialThe First Amendment to the US Constitution grants citizens many essential rights including the right to free speech and freedom of the press. Generally, the First Amendment is a boon to citizens- allowing us to express our opinions freely and without consequence. However, in the context of “The Fappenig”/”Celebgate” and revenge porn, the First Amendment […]
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