I am so thrilled that I learned about ShoutOut! JMU and had the opportunity to write alongside some truly amazing people this semester. I wanted to use one of my last posts to reflect on the semester and say thanks!
Read More Quick Hit: My semester with ShoutOut!I’ll admit, I have not been to UREC ever since it was required for my freshman GenEd health class, but I was intrigued to learn about this class offering. In case, like me, you didn’t know, UREC provides women self defense classes here at JMU.
Read More Women’s Self Defense Classes @ URECHIV/AIDS: A topic that is not on the forefront of young minds, especially if they do not have the disease or personally know someone who is affected by it. Many people, young and old, assume that because they’re not gay, there is no way they can contract this disease. They may also think HIV/AIDS was […]
Read More “Being Positive”: A motto I embrace thanks to the Madison HIV/AIDS AllianceHollaback is a national organization that enables you to report street harassment where and when it occurs. It’s a truly powerful movement to help woman take power back into their hands. Now, a group of JMU students in Matt Ezzell’s Interpersonal Violence (SOCI480) class have brought Hollaback to JMU’s campus – JMU Hollerback.
Read More JMU HollerbackThis weekend, Nicole Byer and Alice Wetterlund from MTV’s hit show, Girl Code, came to JMU for the Spring comedy show. As a huge fan and serial quoter of GirlCode I was so excited to see their stand-up comedic skills. In the end, however, I’m still not sure, as a feminist, how to feel about […]
Read More GirlCode on CampusBestlittlelion92 and Ladychaotica21 found this article, showing that teenagers are changing the ideas of feminism, by simply proving they want to be part of it! Check out this link for more details. Truequeerlatte found this article defending HBCUs from claims that they are more homophobic than PWIs. Cpowell92 is shocked by this overt display of […]
Read More Sunday Night SpotlightSimone de Beauvoir was not taught in my two philosophy classes at James Madison University. I had two male professors who taught me the “important” philosophical thoughts- Aristotle, Plato, Kant, and the list goes on. I never questioned this in my classes, because hey, I was tired of questioning everything at every moment. Philosophy was […]
Read More Simone de Beauvoir and the Erasure of Female PhilosophersDo any of you out there use the (amazing) music application Spotify? Well I do and I’m slightly (okay, very) obsessed. I just became a Campus Influencer for Spotify here at JMU and while I was thinking of potential events and organizations on campus that I could partner with, it got me thinking about ShoutOut! […]
Read More Spotify Playlists: Empowering Women One Song at a Time!
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