Spring break wasn’t too long ago, and with the reluctant emergence of spring here in the Shenandoah Valley, I desperately want to go back. This year my eight housemates and myself stayed at a friend’s house in Hatteras Village, NC, a sleepy town south of the famous Kitty Hawk dunes. With the beach and what […]
Read More Surfing Through Sexism: Sexualization in AdvertisingThe other day while watching the always entertaining and addictive show, “Sex and the City,” I was inspired to write about men’s intimidation of successful women. During the episode, Carrie (the main character) was going through a rough patch with her significant other simply because her career was successful and his wasn’t. At the end […]
Read More Why do some men have insecurities of successful women?In the wake of spring break shenanigans across America, I want to stop and smell the roses—or, tequila, rather—and consider the weighty implications of spring break behavior. Cancun, Panama City Beach, Acapulco, Miami, Punta Cana…what do all these spring break hot spots have in common? Rampant female objectification. Sexism.
Read More Spring Break Forever?I was browsing through Buzzfeed when I stumbled upon this article that has seemed to have gone viral. It explores what happens when the women featured in advertisements are replaced with men. The YouTube video that accompanies the article is even more enlightening. The punchline at the end of the YouTube video reads: “Seeing men like this […]
Read More Quick Hit: Role Reversal? Yes, Please!Just when you think things can’t get worse, they do. And I just cannot with Florida anymore… Around the same time George Zimmerman was found not guilty of murdering Trayvon Martin, using Stand Your Ground as a defense, Marissa Alexander was sentenced to 20 years in prison for firing a warning shot in her Florida […]
Read More Quick Hit: Florida Just Keeps Getting Worse**Trigger warning**Sexual content and language** A couple weeks back, I had written about a ridiculously ignorant and sexist email titled, “Save the Sluts,” sent by a member of the college of William & Mary’s Sigma Chi fraternity chapter. When discussing that email, I had made a call to action; to not let something as profoundly […]
Read More A fiery response to the article, “Skills Vs. Serendipity: Why Men Are Studs and Women Are Sluts”In a recent article from the Washington Post, author Jessica Valenti makes an intriguing argument that sexism could actually aid in Hillary’s 2016 presidential campaign – speculating that she does, of course, run.
Read More QUICK HIT: Ready for Hillary…and SexismI know what you are thinking; you could not have possibly read that correctly because there is absolutely no way I just stated that feminism is about men. Even as I wrote the statement that tiny little feminist inside me shouted to the heavens asking how I could take this one thing away from women. […]
Read More Feminism Is About MenBefore you are even born choices are made for you because of your gender. Girls wear pink and boys wear blue. Boys play with toy cars and girls play with baby dolls. Boys wear camo pants and girls wear dresses. These expectations continue on throughout the rest of our lives influencing how we talk, dress, […]
Read More Sexism: Now Served DailyIf you aren’t familiar with James Madison University or it’s business school, let me preface this post with a little backstory. JMU is known for a great many things, and one of which is our Business School. Consistently ranked among the top 15 in the nation, the CPA program was ranked #1 by the National […]
Read More The Times They Are A (Positively) Changin’
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