So I was procrastinating on the interwebz the other day and I came across something that really got to me. An article taken from The Consumerist titled “We’re Sorry You Ever Came To Our Store & Wasted Our Precious Time,” writer MB Quirk describes a situation where a woman and her friends were shopping for […]
Read More GASP! Sorry your store got shut down…NOTOn October 28, 2011, Queen Elizabeth II as well as members of 16 Commonwealth countries approved changes to the royal thrown succession, and declared these new changes will soon take effect. Future sons and daughters of the United Kingdom monarch under this new succession law, both have equal right to the throne. To further internationalcupcakebandit’s […]
Read More Equality within the United Kingdom MonarchSo, I was at Wal-Mart the other day (promising start, right?) and I caught a glimpse of this as I was passing through the parking lot: Needless to say, I was caught off guard at the very least. As much as I was wondering if that kind of sticker is even legal, what was more […]
Read More Feminist OpsTo celebrate Eastern Mennonite University’s homecoming, Leymah Gbowee a 2007 Master’s degree graduate from Liberia, came to speak about her work and receive EMU’s alumnus of the year award. It seems fitting for her to win the recognition from EMU, considering she was just announced as one of the Nobel Peace Prize winners. She won […]
Read More African ‘Her’story: The powers of womenI am going to start calling my “Quick hits,” “Medium hits,” because lets face it, for any of you who actually read my work, there never really quick. I was speaking with my girlfriend last night at Carrier, neglecting and procrastinating to review Plato, after my friend viewed a piece of work which used the “N” […]
Read More Medium Hit: These little words…GSBCNFI saw this the other day and I couldn’t help posting on it. Well, correction: My boyfriend saw this the other day and pointed out how ridiculous it was to me. Yay! The grasshopper is learning. Here’s the gist of things: Police are starting to investigate whether or not it should be legal for an […]
Read More Booty Lounge: Don’t Tread on Us…ManSo I was visiting my brother this weekend in Blacksburg to get away from the homecoming madness here at JMU. We were sitting in his living room. He was telling me about all the work he had to do next week, and I mentioned how I’m blogging for ShoutOut this semester, and that I needed […]
Read More Women Make Good SandwichesIf 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 WomanI remember the first time I told my mother I am a feminist. Although the standard pieces of imagery that normally accompany a statement like this have floated out of my memory (what I was wearing, where I was standing), I still vividly remember the conversation and her reaction to my “coming out.” She asked […]
Read More The Great Name DebateAfrica is a seriously misunderstood continent. Our knowledge of that region comes from Hollywood, melodramatic news stories and themeparks (re: when Florida’s Busch Gardens used to be subtitled “The Dark Continent”). I will be the first to admit to have fallen into the sad Africa trap: disease, conflict, poverty and despair. In my defense, however, […]
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