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?Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words could definitely kill me. As a communications major, this is the saying that I go by. Words hurt, worse than any kind of physical pain I have ever felt. “Wow, I bet you can really throw her around.” –An actual statement that was said to my […]
Read More My Size Is Not Up For DiscussionOh middle school, those were the days of crippling self-doubt, dangerously low self-esteem, and fierce desperation for peer acceptance. Personally,I can’t think of middle school without reliving my history of bad haircuts, horrible outfits, and socially awkward behavior. I really would love to forget those days. These memories were been drudged up, however, when I read about a […]
Read More Pants Do Not Lower Test ScoresAs I was cruising through the twitter feeds last night, I saw this lovely gem. This short article, written by Rebecca “Burt” Rey of Jezebel, informs us all that Mitt Romney is a “sizeist”. A sizeist is, in very basic terms, someone who looks down on fat people. For Romney, I would assume that by […]
Read More Romney: Your American Role Model! But Not Really.When I got my first period at the age of twelve, my first thought was, “Shit…there is something wrong with me!” No one warned me about it, let alone told me how normal it actually is. There were no cries of joy or trumpets welcoming me to womanhood. Oh no. Instead, I just had images […]
Read More Why Periods Don’t Need to be “Fixed”With yesterday being the first beautiful spring day in Harrisonburg, students flocked outside to relax and soak in the sun. However, with the spike in temperature came a parallel spike in my desire to avoid the well-populated areas where my peers were talking about classes, summer plans, and inevitably, summer fashion. I have been dreading […]
Read More It’s Finally Here! Summer Body Shaming