It has been quite some time since the writers of ShoutOut! were brought up to date on current events, so we managed to cover a lot during class. Among the most popular? A discussion concerning the effects of regulation on the environment, a response to identity equality, and a review of Twitter for responses from the march, […]
Read More ShoutOut! Newsroom Update March 20th 2017Addidas, Starbucks, Toms Brands. Who gets to decide who how we use their land? 1, 2, 3, 4 Years pass by and they’re still “poor”. 5, 6, 7, 8 Try to keep your facts straight. Countries wide depending on aid We set up camp, but to them it’s a raid We’ve defined it as “international aid” What is […]
Read More Put your Money Where Your Mouth Is: A Dillemma.Last Saturday, one day into Donald Trump’s presidency, I was feeling pretty down. Not even posts on social media from the Women’s March were able to make me feel much better. So I decided to sit down with a positivity journal my dad got me for Christmas to see if it would help at all. The […]
Read More The Silver LiningOur very own president is a packaged flaming hot cheeto with peanut butter hair and doll hands. I was tasked with facing that in November, and each day my feminist rage grows. So I wrote a poem that tries to channel my rage into what’s more of a question. Questions I think that As we […]
Read More Why so many Questions?Around 4 p.m. last Saturday afternoon, I sat in Elephant and Castle on Pennsylvania Avenue as President Trump delivered a televised speech to the intelligence community in front of the C.I.A. memorial wall. Around me a rowdy crowd booed and jeered at this man, and outside a steady procession filled the streets in opposition of […]
Read More Speak Loudly and Carry a Big SignLet’s take a quick mental field trip. Imagine, after a long, sweaty trek home from work or school, you trod into your kitchen for a glass of water. Over to the sink. Faucet on. Glass filled. Instead of the clear, fresh, and welcoming water you are used to (and probably take for granted-big time), […]
Read More Flint Disaster: Another Symptom of Deeply Entrenched Racism?We can probably all agree that buying things “all natural” has sparked an interest in the American population in the past five years. Many people flock to stores like Whole Foods to buy all forms of natural and eco-friendly living products. I myself have marveled at the local Friendly City Co-Op in Downtown Harrisonburg to gaze at […]
Read More An Ode to Eco-EverydayIf you happen to be one of the few people who set your CNN homepage to the international version, listen to NPR or read news on the BBC, you probably found out that Wangari Maathai passed away from cancer on Sunday at the age of 71. Unfortunately not many people on this side of the […]
Read More African ‘Her’story: A Noble Woman
ShoutOut! James Madison University 