“Yeah, she can hang. She’s chill.” I’ve heard this phrase used over and over again towards me and other girls. And chill means… what exactly? Starting in high school but continuing through college, I’ve noticed people using the word “chill” (or sometimes cool) to describe a certain unique something that apparently means someone is “okay” […]
Read More Is She Chill?I was quite dismayed to hear about the UVA gang rape allegations, but I was not surprised. Not even a little bit. You may think me heartless but sexual assault, especially in colleges in the United States, happens every single day. It happens, and it happens a lot. The problem is that it is vastly underreported. […]
Read More UVA Gang Rape: Disturbing, Not SurprisingIn 2010, Rutgers University professor Kevin Allred created “Politicizing Beyoncé”, a course that pairs U.S. Black Feminist texts, both historical and contemporary, with Beyoncé’s music and career in order to discuss current U.S. race, class, gender, and sexual politics. I had the opportunity to interview Kevin Allred about his class, and here’s what he had […]
Read More Q&A With Beyoncé Professor Kevin AllredIs Banksy, the world’s most famous street artist actually a woman?
Read More Is Banksy a Woman?Recently, I saw an article titled “These 10 Colleges Have the Hottest Girls”, that two of my female friends shared on Facebook. Normally, I don’t pay attention to those kinds of articles because I think they are stupid and unimportant, but the fact that two female friends on Facebook shared it sparked my interest. I […]
Read More JMU is the #3 American University with the Hottest Girls. Who Gives A Fuck?Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay, is a book I never thought I would be able to identify so closely with. Within the opening pages, Gay talks about her frequent rejection of feminism in her young age. She explains why “women still fall over themselves to disavow feminism, to distance themselves.” She notes that she did […]
Read More Is it Good to be a “Bad” Feminist?The 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 […]
Read More Your Nude Selfies: Why They Matter on a National ScaleA couple weeks ago, some of my friends introduced me to Nicki Minaj’s song, “Anaconda”. “Just get ready, the whole video is her ass”, they told me. “Sounds great?” I said, “I guess I’m down to watch Nicki Minaj’s ass for a couple minutes”. What I wasn’t expecting was to be blown away with Nicki […]
Read More My Anaconda Don’t Want None Unless You Got RESPECT FOR MY BODYIn writing yesterday’s post, I stumbled upon this article from The Daily Beast talking about Shailene Woodley’s remarks in a recent Time Magazine interview on why she doesn’t consider herself a feminist. When asked if she identified with feminism: No because I love men, and I think the idea of ‘raise women to power, take […]
Read More Quick Hit: Shailene Woodley and the F-wordFor my final shout out post, I thought I could say goodbye to fellow fem bloggers by sharing what I learned from this experience and highlighting the good times we all had together this semester – with some gifs!
Read More Giffy Goodbye Friends!
ShoutOut! James Madison University 