A few years back, my grandmother had a stoke. It was minor, and she’s now truly okay, but it scared me. Truly freaked me out to the point that I was now certain one morning I would wake up and all my female loved ones would have to face this, as well. I never considered […]
Read More New Stroke Guidelines Will Save LivesHello Beautiful Bloggers! I wanted to share with you a recent controversy that has sparked the attention of many people who are fans of the show, The Biggest Loser. The winner of the show, Rachel Frederickson, is 24 years old and now weighs 105 pounds. The transformation brought her from 260 pounds and a loss […]
Read More Biggest Loser, Losing Too Much??While everyone is blabbing about the Miley Cyrus’s, the “big” pop star names, and the so-called “feminists” of our generation that are dominating the media’s attention, I would like to take some time to point the spotlight toward other, relatively unexplored, views held by contemporary artists—such as, Krewella’s Jahan Yousef.
Read More Making Feminism “GET WET”*TRIGGER WARNING* There was an article I read by Robert Jensen called “Tired of Hot Sex?” Now, sex is such a complicated thing, and I’ve learned that there is so much you can say regarding it, sociologically speaking. However, Jensen pointed out a critical truth in his paper that really struck me. He writes, “Men […]
Read More Let’s talk about bad sex.Check out our bloggers’ top reading picks of the week! Tohellwithsugarandspice and SarahStar77 feel that for this week in feminism an important highlight was that Jewel a junior in college from Virginia has started a petition to have Disney create a plus size “Disney Princess.” They think this is important as all of Disney’s princesses […]
Read More Sunday Night SpotlightAs I notice sexist language and jokes throughout the day, I never thought I would see something like this! My friend recently sent this remote to me after a discussion we had in one of my classes about sexist jokes. He said that he never really thought about sexist jokes and the negative impact they […]
Read More Quick Hit: Let’s talk about sexist objects!!*TRIGGER WARNING* Last semester, I was sitting at work eating lunch and two coworkers, male and female, sat down with me. As I sat there, one asked if we’d heard of a sophomore girl who was rumored to have herpes. I kept silent.
Read More STDs – A Woman’s Problem?As I wrap up another semester with ShoutOut!, I can’t help but reflect on how the past few months have continued to shape my journey with developing my feminism. I began this semester with a piece called “Feminist Girl Meets (Real) World”, where I discussed my first encounters with challenges to my feminism in the […]
Read More Calling upon the past to pave the way for the futureWelcome back from break, everyone! I thought that it would be a good day to talk about body image, considering the fact that I ate about 70,456 tons of food over Thanksgiving Break and, frankly, still feel straight up FAT. I have always struggled with my body image – just as many others have. On […]
Read More Thanksgiving Body Image Blues (Sort Of)I know I have told you lovely readers this before…but I am a writing major. Did you know, though, that I started off in Biology? HAHAHAHA – ahem, excuse me. Really though, I did. It was incredibly difficult, not only because we had to memorize what the inside of a cell looks like, as well […]
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