When you think of Female Mutilation you think of an awful practice that was practiced centuries ago. Unfortunately this terrible tradition is still being practiced in many countries girls are gulited and or either forced to go through this traumatic procedure. Female mutilation has no health benefit and only causes unnecessary pain to young woman. … Read more
Recently Kylie Jenner has gotten a lot of backlash on how to raise her baby. We all want to relate to celebrities and how they live their lives, but then when they slip up the hateful comments and personal opinions come out. Kylie has gotten backlash for going to Coachella for a whole weekend and … Read more
For the second paper for our class I wrote about the musical performance by Mary Lambert. Sitting in the audience, I had all of these negative views, thinking we were preparing to sit in for a Christian rock band, little did I know how moved I would be by her words. She mirrored so many … Read more
If you have social media you’ve probably seen some ad for Amy Schumer’s new movie, I Feel Pretty. There have been mixed reviews about the new movie, some reporting that it doesn’t even skim the surface of women’s problems, and others reporting that this movie is the kind of movie every woman needs to watch. … Read more
https://gizmodo.com/report-amazons-british-warehouse-workers-peed-in-bottl-1825291187 We were talking about this in class so I thought about making the article easier to find. The article talks about Amazon workers who are being punished for outrageous reasons.
I came across this video and it made me shiver. The fact that this is happening right here and the average joe knows nothing about it shocks and appalls me. Children cannot consent,this is a practice that needs dealt with. https://www.cbsnews.com/video/why-is-child-marriage-legal-in-all-50-states/
We marched for this in the 70s and 80s. North Carolina was 1 of 3 potential states to ratify it. Memory tells me that it lost by one vote in the General Assembly. Do you think it would have a chance in today’s NC GA? One of the commenters asks whether the language needs to … Read more
The Vagina Monologues is an episodic play that centers around women and their personal experiences with their vaginas. The play was created by Eve Ensler after she interviewed 200 women in 1995. Since 1998, it has been re-created annually on or around Valentine’s Day to raise awareness of gender-based violence, a day that has been … Read more
by Rubia Medina Imagine being a fifteen-year-old girl being forced to marry a thirty-two-year-old man because it is what is “best” for you. This is the reality many girls like Nasoin Akhter face on a daily basis in Bangladesh. During the wedding, brides are expected to be both shy and coy even if they … Read more
With the recent death of Barbara Bush, I am reminded of her interview with CBS regarding her feelings on Donald Trump. When she was asked what she thought about Donald Trump being the Republican candidate while calling Mexican’s Rapists, she responded, “yes and what about what he is doing to women?” She continues to remark … Read more