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 […]
Read More Who is Adela Zamudio?In the last three months of my life, two of my best friends have gotten engaged! It is a crazy time as it makes us all feel so old and mature even though we act like children most of the time. In wedding planning, my roommate (one of my engaged besties) has had to search […]
Read More Why are brides expected to wear white?Like many white American children, I grew up being taught America was a place of freedom and liberty and that, despite its troubled past, America was now a place where people could express themselves and tell their stories and essentially, not have to worry about being censored and prosecuted. I have a distinct memory of […]
Read More Suppression, Censorship, and the dangers of the Single story of HistoryA brief look at the history of mental health institutions and what sort of treatments were provided.
Read More Mental Health. How far we have come, and how far we still have to go.Kamala Harris has made history. And she is a queen for it.
Read More THE QUEEN HERSELF HAS DONE ITHi everyone! I hope you all are having a great week. So, this is part two of my three-part series. In this post, I will be talking about what it’s like living in two different worlds.
Read More First Gen Part 2Seriously, it’s getting old…
Read More Listen, don’t steal our ideasDISCLAIMER: 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 EyesWHY are women always expected to want to get married and have children? Why is it weird that in the 2015 people question or look down upon a woman who does not want to have children or get married? Throughout history women have been conditioned to believe that having a husband, children and a house with a white […]
Read More Old Habits Die HARDNO! The United States may think it is “progressive” but in reality, it isn’t. Now, don’t get me wrong, I bleed red white and blue but there is something wrong about saying we are a “changing”, “progressive” nation when we clearly aren’t. Currently RIGHT NOW there are 22 World Leaders who are WOMAN (and not […]
Read More Is The United States as ‘Progressive’ as We Claim?