Since growing up, we all have this idea of perfection ingrained into ourselves. The idea that what we should be striving for is perfection and that we aren’t being the best we can be if we don’t achieve perfection. Truth is though, it’s impossible to achieve this concept that we have in our head. From […]
Read More PerfectionI don’t know how many of you watch Cartoon Network’s Adventure Time, now in its sixth season, but I’m just going to put it out there: I love it. It’s silly and funny and sometimes trippy, but it also brings along some powerful, equality-friendly messages that I believe are expressive of feminist ideals.
Read More Adventure Time: Come on, grab your friendsAs many of JMU’s students traveled this past week for Spring Break, I took myself out to California to visit an old friend from high school who moved out there after we graduated. While out in the 80 degree weather in San Diego, we spent time on the beach, went jet skiing on Mission Bay, […]
Read More Dear Disney, Please stop. From, Everyone.As many of you may have heard, one of the most popular gay hookup/chatting apps is called grindr. On grindr, you see all sorts of interesting people, many who are super ignorant. A lot of times, reading a blank profile, I’ll see it saying “Masc for masc only” or “No Fats, no Fems”, and in […]
Read More Masc 4 Masc ONLY.We’ve heard it a million times. Maybe we’ve even said it ourselves. Or worse: maybe we’ve been deemed a biddie. This term has gained a place in our everyday vocabulary – yet we don’t often stop to think about the meaning or history of this word.
Read More What Does Biddie Mean, Anyway?A recent hobby of mine has been to watch movie trailers for upcoming cinema. Recently, I watched a trailer and I couldn’t help but be filled with a sense of rage I haven’t experienced from a trailer in some time. A new movie opened in theaters yesterday called The Duff. By watching the trailer, I learned […]
Read More Things I learned AFTER seeing The DuffPhoto courtesy of Flickr.com There’s good news and bad news. If you’ve never watched “RuPaul’s Drag Race,” a reality show about drag queens competing to become “The Next Drag Superstar,” then you’re in for a treat, but you’re also likely to experience some confusion over all of its cultural appropriation. Drag Race appears on Logo and […]
Read More RuPaul’s Drag Race: Breaking or Reinforcing Cultural Stereotypes?Hark! Kim Kardashian’s moon is quite *ahem* full tonight… Your Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit feeds have probably been drowning with photos of Kim Kardashian’s sizable derriere and very naked body for the Paper magazine cover and spread in its campaign to “break the Internet.” Many reactions to the marketing ploy echo shouts of disdain and contempt, demanding […]
Read More #BreakTheInternet: Kim K Full Mooning Her Way to the TopToday I came across a blog post by January Harshe that details her journey to loving her body. She explains participating in The 4th Trimester Bodies Project and states: “It was an empowering day during which I felt pampered, loved, and accepted as the beautiful goddess that I am. I had a blast. In my […]
Read More Quick Hit: Staying Strong in Black PantiesThe idea of a documentary exposing the beauty industries deep, dark secrets is not necessarily a new concept. Neither is the idea that these secrets and tricks deceive the public (mainly women) into believing in an unattainable, ideal body type. What is a relatively new concept, is the idea that the Western beauty standards are being forced […]
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