Tag: discrimination

Guns Still Allowed After Terror Threats Against Feminist Speaker

*Content warning: contains email describing violence against women Anita Sarkeesian is the creator of Feminist Frequency, a video webseries that explores the representation of women in pop culture. According to the website, Feminist Frequency “largely serves as an educational resource to encourage critical media literacy and provide resources for media makers to improve their works […]

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Not Cool Walmart

As the nation’s largest retailer, second-largest corporation, and largest private employed (with 1.3 million workers), Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (Walmart) made headlines this past year at an unprecedented rate. And, all too often, those headlines revolved around Walmart’s infamously rampant questionable employment practices. According to Workplace Fairness, stories persist about Walmart’s wage law violations, inadequate health care, […]

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Quick Hit: An Update in Non-Discrimination

  The JMU non-discrimination policy is the policy which allows the campus community to file complaints about harassment or discrimination and attempt to seek redress. It currently protects people based on race, sex, color, national origin, religion, age, genetic information, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, parental status, and political affiliation. Now, there is an effort underway at […]

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Totally Awesome Women

  We all know the basic story surrounding this Totally Awesome Woman’s mysterious disappearance.  But did you know she was a member of the National Woman’s Party and she also staged numerous protests for equal employment?  Can you name this TAW?

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