HIV/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 HollerbackThe Maryland political system is making great strides to eliminate discrimination towards people who identify as transgendered. Once signed, SB 212 “Fairness for All Marylanders Act of 2014,” will “include gender identity in work place, housing and public accommodations.” But of course with great strides, comes great resistance.
Read More Equality For All Marylanders, Or Only For The Select Few?I firmly believe in the truth and validity of everyone’s experience. Perception constitutes reality. That is why I have chosen to discuss this issue. I am fully aware of the #MinoritiesAtMadison movement, and I am also aware of the article that my fellow blogger, truequeerlatte, has written for ShoutOut. Let me be clear: It is […]
Read More Diversity at JMU: IT EXISTSI don’t play many sports. I’ve never been much of a football or basketball player- never touched a hockey stick or a baseball bat. Mind you, I love me some mini golf and laser tag (those count right?). Well this morning at 4:30 AM, while I was stressing out over some research papers I still […]
Read More Virginia High School League adopts transgender policy for athletics*TRIGGER WARNING: TOPIC OF SEXUAL ASSAULT/SLUT SHAMING* How do you define a slut? But really though. What amount of sexual promiscuity, revealing clothing and flirtatious dancing equates the term slut? As I’ve grown as a person I’ve realized that this term cannot be operationalized. If you’re going to call one woman a slut, you may as well call […]
Read More SlutWalk to End Victim Blaming!Let me just first say, that picking up the Women and Gender Studies minor was one of the best things to ever happen to me at JMU. It opened my eyes and taught me more about privilege and discrimination than 19 years of existing. It’s shaped who I am today, and built my critical eye […]
Read More Role Reversal – Crying wolf a little early? Preference vs. UnderstandingCheck 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 SpotlightCheck out what our bloggers found most newsworthy in this week’s edition of Sunday Night Spotlight! Houseofadoll wants to share this link. It takes a brief look at the role Miley Cyrus has, and is, playing in shaping the feminist world today. She, unlike many female pop stars, even admits to the public that she […]
Read More Sunday Night SpotlightHello, 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 Spotlight
ShoutOut! James Madison University 