It is well that we recall the challenges that Mrs. King faced in the days and weeks,
months and years following her husband’s murder. Far too often historians, journalists, and filmmakers ignore the unpaid labour of women and mothers that keeps households solvent and which enables the work of social change. Continue reading
Category Archives: Essays, Feminism, & Academia
Homeplace Is A Space For Political Resistance & Refreshing Opportunities For Solidarity & Community, According To Bell Hooks’s Essay
In the midst of an oppressive and dominating social reality, homeplace is a site of resistance and liberation. Continue reading
International Women Day 2017 Campaign Theme Is, Appropriately, #BeBoldForChange
It is important to remember that women’s issues are varied, they are full of depth, and many are adjoined with intersectional issues. While International Women’s Day is everyday, it can be easy to prioritize Women’s issues in a way that dismisses and erases the economic and racial disparity that so often haunts women’s rights and feminism. I encourage you to take a look at the pledge — both women and men — and select an issue that speaks true to you — one which you know you can sincerely and actively do. Continue reading
2 Years Ago And Still Relevant | Media, Messages, And Minaj: When Nicki Minaj Graced The Cover Of Rolling Stones
The way information is presented, the actually medium in which it communicates, influences how the message is understood. Continue reading
Poetic Sexuality: Analyzing Jeffrey Harrison’s “Sex and Poetry”
Expressing sex can be done but it takes a certain skill. To write about it takes even more talent. How can it be made to sound real without sounding too corny, or on the opposite end of the spectrum, too graphic? Continue reading
“THE TRUE COST” OF FAST FASHION
We continue to consume, continue to dispose the older items, continue to increase the profits of the fast fashion companies, continue to contribute to the landfill, and continue to enable the system to proceed in this detrimental, unsustainable manner.
We need change. Continue reading