Tag: Feminism

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Injected into skinny culture

Unless you’re living under a rock, you know what a GLP-1 is. I can’t be the only one that has noticed the resurgence of WICKED thin celebrities, or influencers on skinny tok. It seems like everywhere you go, there’s a reminder of what your body looks like. Do we think this is a coincidence? I […]

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You Can’t Script Sexism: How Vanderpump Rules Puts the “Real” in Reality TV

Reality TV is known for edited scenes, pushed storylines and of course, lots of drama. But, these shows involve real people and real relationships. As entertaining as the scandals are, the gender dynamics behind them unfortunately mirror real life. Vanderpump Rules, beneath the screaming fights and SUR uniforms, shows what you can’t fake: sexism. If […]

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Has Voting Become A Privilege?

In history classes, we typically learned that women earned the right to vote in 1920, and that’s where the chapter seemed to close on the struggle for women’s suffrage. What these books often don’t elaborate upon is the struggle to vote, even after the ratification of the 19th Amendment. Neely Tucker for the Library of […]

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More Than Someone’s Girlfriend

I’m no stranger to having a crush. The thrill it brings me, from texting the person I like and knowing there’s a possibility they feel the same, and then going on a first date. I love the title of “girlfriend”, mainly because it makes me feel more secure in what I am to my crush, […]

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It’s the little things.

Virginia is my soul state. I was born and raised here, went to K-12 up in NOVA before moving to JMU to complete my undergrad, and God do I love it here. The small town feeling of Harrisonburg, with its rolling countryside that feeds into the Blue Ridge Mountains and the kindness shown to me […]

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News Round-Up 3/3

On Tuesday in class, wr1tergirl, TheTalker, and lunarletters covered topics in local, national, and global news. These topics covered what’s occurring in politics, other territories including Iran, and history being honored in local spaces. We discussed the SAVE Act and how it would impact women and marginalized groups, Iranian feminists coming together during a tragic […]

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The Secret ingredient is Feminism?

It’s no secret that worldwide, women carry far more of the culinary responsibilities at home than men. In 2023, women over doubled men in the number of meals cooked within the average household. Despite this outsized role in food preparation at home, women have consistently struggled to break through in the restaurant industry. In the […]

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Who is Adela Zamudio?

This post was edited on 04/25/2026 by Usuallyalwaysright. While exploring the history of the feminist movement in Bolivia, one name kept appearing again and again: Adela Zamudio. It made me pause. How had I never heard of her before? The more I looked into her life, the more I learned that Zamudio wasn’t just a […]

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“You Should Smile More”

Oh, not this again. “You should smile more.” That phrase haunted me when I worked as a server. I heard it more times than I can count. It did not matter if I was already doing my job well, handling multiple tables, or just concentrating. Somehow my facial expression always seemed to be the thing […]

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