Prison is horrible. I’ve never experienced it, but I know that from hearing stories and seeing it portrayed on different TV shows. Being incarcerated isn’t supposed to be easy or fun. It was actually created to be the complete opposite. Imagine you’re being sentenced. The gavel comes down and all of a sudden almost every […]
Read More Prison Was Her Sentence. Sexual Abuse Wasn’t.Feature cover image taken from @tryquinn on Instagram. Hey, you can’t blame a girl, especially when one of the hottest actors to grace a TV screen just hopped on Quinn for their newest series: Yes, Chef, where a romance blooms between a head chef (Hatosy) and his new sous chef (you!). Didn’t that get your […]
Read More Talk Dirty to Me Shawn Hatosy!Feature Cover Image Courtesy of James Madison University Purple Reign. No, this isn’t a Prince tribute show. It’s actually something completely different! A spring concert event hosted by the University Program Board (UPB) at James Madison University brings in students and local community members for an evening filled with giveaways, music, food, and a few […]
Read More The Women Behind JMU’s Purple Reign ConcertWhen I got my IUD, I was told to take three Advil beforehand and that I would be fine. No numbing, really no sympathy or compassion… nothing It was said casually, like it was no big deal. Like it was the same as any other quick appointment. So I listened. I took the Advil, showed […]
Read More Just take 3 AdvilUnless you missed it, the Final Four matchup between UConn Huskies women’s basketball and South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball was exactly what it should’ve been. Two 1 seeds, two dominant teams, no excuses. South Carolina came in and beat UConn 62–48, snapping a 54-game win streak. That should’ve been the story. But it wasn’t. What […]
Read More That Wasn’t Just Frustration.A interview with the women owned business the LO|CAL Market In Harrisonburg, we have many thrift stores and local markets for everyone to explore. A few examples are the Agora shops, Lady Jane, and the LO|CAL Market. I learned that the LO|CAL Market is run and owned by a woman who grew up pretty close […]
Read More A LO|CAL InterviewOn Tuesday in class, twihard, usuallyalwaysright, and dailycuriosity discussed local, national, and global news stories. The stories we discussed were on women’s healthcare, paid family leave, and a women run radio station in Afghanistan giving Afghan women a platform to discuss education, health, and social issues. LOCAL The local news took place in Harrisonburg. Shannon […]
Read More NEWSROOM 3/10I was 15 when I was diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, otherwise known as PCOS. The age where I was supposed to be learning how to drive and navigate high school course work was suddenly replaced by doctor’s visits and self-negativity. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome is a common condition in women that imbalances hormones in the ovaries. It’s become one of the […]
Read More PCOS Awareness is Important for Women’s HealthVirginia is my soul state. I was born and raised here, went to K-12 up in NOVA before moving to JMU to complete my undergrad, and God do I love it here. The small town feeling of Harrisonburg, with its rolling countryside that feeds into the Blue Ridge Mountains and the kindness shown to me […]
Read More It’s the little things.This post was edited on 04/25/2026 by Usuallyalwaysright. While exploring the history of the feminist movement in Bolivia, one name kept appearing again and again: Adela Zamudio. It made me pause. How had I never heard of her before? The more I looked into her life, the more I learned that Zamudio wasn’t just a […]
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