As I was cruising through the twitter feeds last night, I saw this lovely gem. This short article, written by Rebecca “Burt” Rey of Jezebel, informs us all that Mitt Romney is a “sizeist”. A sizeist is, in very basic terms, someone who looks down on fat people. For Romney, I would assume that by […]
Read More Romney: Your American Role Model! But Not Really.Hello, faithful readers! Check out what our bloggers thought was all the rage in feminist news in this week’s Links Roundup: Ladylikesailormouth loved the argument this artist made about how Disney princesses are drawn. He explains that the same glossy brush for every princess. So he not only shows how ridiculous the princess image can […]
Read More ShoutOut’s Sunday Night SpotlightAs I engaged in another nightly ritual of procrastinating on homework and letting an endless stream of unanswered emails shamelessly pile up, I turned to my ever-trusty Facebook account to provide me with a lazed alternative to productivity. Ironically enough, I was so roused by an article I stumbled upon during my Newsfeed-stalking session that […]
Read More Why (Unchecked) Chivalry Should be Dead: Beyond “I Can Hold the Door Myself”Happy Halloween, everyone! To change it up from the orange and black this week, I thought it would be interesting to talk about something green! I learned about this particular topic in my Environmental Sociology class. What does Environmental Sociology have to do with Feminism, you ask? I will get to that part soon, faithful […]
Read More Environmentalism, Shady CEOs, and the White Male EffectVirgin-whore dichotomy: It’s an old, run-of-the-mill, jargon-y term used quite frequently among feminists with intense lexicons. It’s defined pretty well in Stephanie Stroud’s post on cultural stereotypes on Miss Representation: “The virgin-whore dichotomy…details that women fit neatly into the role of either an innocent, passive, selfless good girl or a hedonistic, morally-void, sensual bad girl. Unsurprisingly, these roles do […]
Read More Sluts on Halloween: The Virgin-Whore DichotomyCheck out our bloggers’ picks of the week! El Feministo enjoyed listening to this HuffPost Live battle on feminism and masculinity. Wait until the end to hear law professor Mary Anne Franks lay it into Vice co-founder and leading “alpha male” Gavin McInnes. One of Feministo’s favorite takeaways came from psychology professor Michael Aldis: “See how ‘masculinity’ […]
Read More Links Round UpThinking Class: Sketches from a Cultural Worker, I couldn’t help but noticed that the things she described rang true in many situations of my own life. Kadi defined himself as queer in this compilation of essays focused on his Arab culture, sexuality, and most importantly, how all this intersects with his working class identity growing […]
Read More Why Homophobia?My favorite holiday is almost here: Halloween! Many will rush to complete or buy last minute costumes this weekend, and others will prepare for the festivities in other ways. Since being in college, I’ve personally noticed a wide array of unique costume ideas. Some more thoughtful than others; the temperature’s dropped and snowed the past […]
Read More The Frightful Thought of a Culturally Aware HalloweenEquality. In its most basic form that is the goal of feminism. Equality of the sexes, of sexual orientations, of race, of ability, of age; boil it all down and we just want equality. However, I’ve noticed there seems to be an uneven balance we rail against violence against women, rape against women, social constructs […]
Read More Men Are Victims Too/ You’re Not Funny Pt. 2I recently delivered a group presentation on the role of women in politics for my Political Communication course. For my part of the presentation, I covered the historical context of feminism, discussing the three waves of feminism, and talking a bit about the role of consciousness raising and the idea that “the personal is political.” […]
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