https://goo.gl/images/9AAEbc So, I learned about this meme and others like it when I took Sociology of Deviant Behavior in undergrad with Kathy Jones. I find this meme appalling. I don’t see how rape is funny. The version of the meme I selected to share was more appropriate to share on a public space than most … Read more
The American singer-songwriter put her experiences of sexual assault into a poem, performing it at the New York Women’s March. Titled “A Story Like Mine”, the poem gives accounts of a friend’s rape and Halsey’s own experiences of childhood abuse, being pressured into sex by a boyfriend, performing through a miscarriage and how fame has not … Read more
Of course the straight male who cat calls for a living would be the first person to say that a gay male better not cat call him. It is the same concept. Cat calling is offensive and inappropriate, but of course when the target is placed on the offender it is “gross”. When the tables … Read more
We have been discussing this issue in class and this story recently came out from Michigan. Even though we have a law making this practice illegal, it persists. More than half a million US girls are at risk. How should we respond to this? https://www.globalcitizen.org/en/content/fgm-among-us-united-states/
I thought this was a interesting meme. As a society, colors are assigned to girls and boys. But why? Where did this idea come from? I once heard that in the past it was the opposite. Blue was for girls and pink was for boys. As I got older I noticed that if men were … Read more
This was a meme shared on social media during International Women’s Day. Feminism was not a topic thoroughly spoken about throughout my undergraduate degree and I had only somewhat been familiar with it before then. It wasn’t until reading an article in one of my intro classes last semester (my first semester of graduate school) … Read more
First of all, a feminist wouldn’t think they are better than any part of the male population, or thinking a specific gender is “stupid”. And just because a female anatomically can’t carry a specific weighted male doesn’t mean trying to help a wounded soldier on the front-line isn’t as honorable as actually being able to … Read more
This is SOO empowering! Everyone please take the time to read this article and watch the short clip. -K. Flowers
This week I decided to look into the marginalization of Andean women in Peru. The two communities discussed in the book Women of the Andes: Patriarchy and Social Change in Two Peruvian Towns by Susan Bourque and Kay Warren are Mayobamba and Chiuchin. About the Communities Mayobamba is a town in Checras that sits on … Read more
Mattel has announce the release of three new Barbies available for purchase as a part of their series “Inspiring Women.” These new dolls are created to look like Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, and Katherine Johnson. The anticipated release of these dolls is beneficial because it continues to recognize the accomplishments of women as well as … Read more