In a world where transgender voices are often silenced, Will & Harper breaks through. Released on Netflix on September 27th, 2024, the documentary challenges the silenced narratives surrounding the transgender community. I found Will & Harper thanks to my mother and father, who urged my sister and me to watch as soon as we could. […]
Read More Will & HarperShalini Kantayya, an Emmy-nominated filmmaker, delivered a compelling keynote speech this past Monday, September 23rd, in the Wilson Hall Auditorium at James Madison University as part of the Center for Global Engagement’s International Week. With a focus on the intersection of humanity, social change, art, race, and technology, Kantayya’s work, including her documentaries TikTok, Boom., […]
Read More Shalini Kantayya: Art Conveying the Intersection of Technology and HumanityWhether you’re a dog or cat person, I think we can all agree that the killing of innocent kittens is indisputably wrong. Yet, a recent report from a nonprofit organization “White Coat Waste Project” has detailed the cruel and unusual ways that the U.S government is funding the Department of Agriculture to test and kill […]
Read More Let’s Stop Killing Kittens!Our 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?As a Feminist, I want to admit that for a while I was afraid to define myself as such. I heard people calling feminists “man-haters”, “forever alone”, and “bra-burners”. I didn’t realize that these definitions were part of the reason feminism exists. I also was unaware that any human, regardless of their gender-identification, can be a […]
Read More Are you a Feminist? ProbablyAs promised, I want to follow up my conversation regarding “Blurred Lines” from earlier this week. I think it’s safe to say I’ve exhausted the conversation from the rape vs. consent angle, so instead I want to focus on the popular rhetorical response to the song and video. This response takes the form of a […]
Read More Blurred Lines of Interpretation, Part 2
ShoutOut! James Madison University 