I would like to think of myself as a very lucky individual, I have an amazing family, good health, great friends, and so many other things that I am extremely thankful for. When I was younger I never thought that there would be any instance where mental health would affect me personally because I had […]
Read More Mental healthControversial, I know. At least maybe to the 40 million Americans that regularly visit porn websites. If my titles confuses you, makes you feel offence or even defence, it’s time to listen up. “How could me watching porn ever affect women in real life?” Let’s think about it this way. It’s estimated that 91.5% of […]
Read More How Pornography Promotes Violence Towards WomanI have a nagging voice in my head, being a lawyer in America is still a very MASCULINE job, and I identify as a cisgender woman.
Read More WOMEN IN POWER: LAWYERS AND DOCTORSThis blog post’s purpose is to bring awareness to the mental health effects hormonal birth control has and to connect this awareness to why and how contraception is a feminist issue. First, I think it is important to note that there are multiple options when it comes to selecting the right birth control, and you […]
Read More Contraception as a FEMINIST issueLocal: During this newsroom (October 5th) we both concluded something about the news- you only know how much you search for. While looking for news stories we were able to find a local, global, and national news story that we felt relates to feminism in a multitude of ways that is inclusive to all women. […]
Read More Newsroom Roundup 10/08Disclaimer: This is just my personal experience with birth control. As if being a teenage girl does not suck enough, those are the years we are oh so blessed with what is called the menstrual cycle. On top of being extremely embarrassed by my hormonal acne like every other teenage girl without porcelain skin, I […]
Read More my journey with Birth controlFew things get me more excited than talking about sports. When the Winter Olympics come around my television stays on 24/7. One sport has always fascinated me: Women’s Ice Hockey. There are only three occasions in which women’s hockey is nationally or internationally televised. One being the Olympics every four years, two being the NCAA […]
Read More Just a Friendly Reminder…Women’s Sports Don’t Disappear After the OlympicsMedical studies in the past few years have proven that period pain is very similar to the pain felt when having a heart attack. So, if women can withstand that kind of pain once a month, every month, for a large chunk of their lives, why don’t medical professionals take their pain seriously? Gender bias […]
Read More Why You’Re More likely to Walk out of the Hospital Alive If You Are a MAnAs I was looking for inspiration to write this blog post I stumbled upon an article written by Sean Coughlan for BBC News titled ‘Modern Childhood Ends at Age 12’. The title alone instantly struck a chord with me as I began to think about a conversation I had in class about television shows and […]
Read More Why Did We All Want To Grow Up So Fast?The first time I came to visit JMU I instantly fell in love with the school and the town. Out of all the other schools I visited, Downtown Harrisonburg was without a doubt the nicest town. I remember after eating at the restaurant Clementine’s my mom and I walked over to the cutest little boutique called The Yellow […]
Read More interview with local business owner miranda ebersold of the yellow button
