Photo by oliveeoyl Overview I’m a champion of being a lifelong learner. Throughout college, my perspective has been challenged and expanded and I’ve realized that JMU wide array of opportunities, including both educational and experimental, that students should take advantage of. A recent event, Beyond Binaries with Robyn Ochs, took place on Thursday, November 2nd […]
Read More Beyond binaries with robyn ochs“C’mon, smile for me” Working in the restaurant industry, I’ve heard this statement countless times while greeting tables or just simply minding my own business. When a man tells me to smile for them, I feel as though they feel entitled to make me smile for their own entertainment, like an object. But if I […]
Read More “SMILE FOR ME”From a very young age I have understood that the patriarchal view of my purpose on this earth is to bear children and raise them, the way my mother did, and generations of women before her. I remember expressing fear of the pain of childbirth to my mother in elementary school, and she told me […]
Read More No I Don’t Want A Baby, Stop Asking.Since I was a teenager I have been wondering, can I have a career and a family? Is there any way to raise kids AND be successful in the workplace? I hardly manage to pack my own lunch and make it to school on time now – where would I ever find the energy to get […]
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