I was raised by a single mother, she has a white-collar job, and always preached about the importance of being “self-sufficient“. The most important lesson that my mother taught me is that, as a woman, you need to be able to have job where you can support yourself and your children without the help of a […]
Read More “Daddy are You a Misogynist?”When we are younger one of the first things that we learn as a child is to “keep your hands to yourself”, why is it that now we are older those rules don’t apply to our genitalia? The Oscar nominated movie, “The Hunting Ground” was played yesterday for JMU students at Grafton. The movie itself […]
Read More The Ugly TruthDISCLAIMER: This post is going to be an organized rant. The first day of Shout Out I was asked, why are you here? Why did you decide to apply and be a part of this class? As the quirky person I am I said something silly, but it was not the real reason. I entered this […]
Read More Through Unseen EyesThis exact story was sent out through ShoutOut! JMU as a quick hit, but I feel like it deserves a bit more attention. Let’s go back to our middle school days. These days school was long, acne was emerging, and bullies were at their peak. However, middle school is around the time that we tend […]
Read More A shirt called feministI know I have told you lovely readers this before…but I am a writing major. Did you know, though, that I started off in Biology? HAHAHAHA – ahem, excuse me. Really though, I did. It was incredibly difficult, not only because we had to memorize what the inside of a cell looks like, as well […]
Read More Female Brain: Technology Deterrent (…Really?)This past weekend, Forbes Performing Arts Center hosted a rather interesting guest. My mother knows that my sister and I are both feminists, and she thought it would be particularly interesting for us to go to this event – a long comedy sketch, really – because of the strong opinions that my sister and I […]
Read More Hunters, Gatherers, and GeneralizationsAs many of my readers already know, my blogs often start at the bar. I don’t think this is a coincidence – some of the most interesting conversations of my life happen while sitting in Finnigans at 3:30 on random Friday afternoons. Often after a beer or two, people will start to tell you how […]
Read More Spotting Sexism – The Enemy WithinCritics of feminism have said that my generation lives in a land of “post-feminism,” otherwise known as “the age of Enlightened Sexism.” With the attitude that the battle for women’s rights has been won, media has encouraged audiences to view sexism as a form of entertainment rather than a system of a oppression. As a […]
Read More iControl Her…and other sexist apps for iphone
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