On Tuesday, November 10, @flamingofeminist and @glittergelpen1 discussed local, national, and global news stories. We discussed the three ballot questions proposing changes to Virginia’s Constitution, how the 2026 midterm elections created a new record for women’s representation among U.S. governors, and the recent protests in Poland regarding the lack of abortion access. LOCAL NEWS On […]
Read More Newsroom 11/10I finally read The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. Growing up, I was always a voracious reader. The Hunger Games was my favorite series. Team Peeta, anyone? So, no wonder the first book I finished within three days of picking it up during my college-years-reading-drought was a dystopian novel with a woman at the center […]
Read More Parallels Between The Handmaid’s Tale and Our SocietyOn Tuesday, October 13th, feministgoat and starg1rl19 presented local, national, and global news stories in class. We discussed the proposed Constitutional Amendments in Virginia, the Dana Beatty case, and women’s activism in Afghanistan. Local News On November 3rd, 2026, Virginians will have the opportunity to vote on three questions. The first addresses the constitutional right […]
Read More Newsroom 10/13In the home stretch of blog posts for Spring 2026, let’s bring the news back home to the Quad. (Well, maybe not the Quad anymore: any non-University sponsored events on the Quad are strictly limited under JMU’s updated “Public Expression On Campus” Policy 1121.) As a JMU senior, I’ve seen 3 big campus-wide protests during […]
Read More CAN JMU EVEN PROTEST?Throughout Donald Trump’s presidency thus far, it is no secret that many women feel personally offended by his comments on women. However, his disrespect is not limited to his words; it is also evident in the policies he is attempting to push. Although these new policies may be pushed to look like an increase in […]
Read More Policy, Power, and Women’s Access In The USThis week’s newsroom highlighted both a local and global story that raises important questions about women’s safety, voice, and how their experiences are handled. At the local level, JMU senior Natalya Paris spoke out about her experience with housing discrimination. After returning home to find a behavior chart that included a racial slur, she described […]
Read More Newsroom 4/21Unless you missed it, the Final Four matchup between UConn Huskies women’s basketball and South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball was exactly what it should’ve been. Two 1 seeds, two dominant teams, no excuses. South Carolina came in and beat UConn 62–48, snapping a 54-game win streak. That should’ve been the story. But it wasn’t. What […]
Read More That Wasn’t Just Frustration.On Saturday March 28th, “No Kings” protests grew over the U.S. as many civilians took to the streets to call out President Donald Trump’s policies. The first protest was held on June 14, 2025, which was Trump’s 79th birthday; this was the third protest since the last one back in October. Since then, Trump’s policies […]
Read More Breaking the Cycle: Why the ‘No Kings’ Protest Can’t Stop at One DayNot meaning stupid, a model or replica, pacifier, or anything else Urban Dictionary may come up with. I’m talking about crash test dummies. Because if you’re a woman, apparently we aren’t considered as one yet. While on a scrolling spree on TikTok the other night, the video above appeared and proceeded to send me on […]
Read More Don’t You Wanna Be a Dummy?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 […]
Read More Has Voting Become A Privilege?