Amid Mardis Gras celebrations and Valentine’s Day festivities, February is Teen Dating Violence Awareness Month. It is aimed at not only raising awareness about teen dating violence, but also about dating violence in 20-something relationships. The statistics for college-aged students … Continue reading
OUSAP’s Graduate Assistant LaKendra Johnson has a great wordpress blog! Make sure to follow and read her posts! http://lakendrajohnson.wordpress.com/
Like many young women, I have cursed the Victoria Secret models as they strut down the runway, felt fat, and then comforted myself with a piece of Kentucky Fried Chicken. But the thought always comes to mind of why women … Continue reading
“The thing I found most disturbing about this is that there were other people around when this was going on,” William McCafferty, the Steubenville police chief, said of the events that unfolded. “Nobody had the morals to say, ‘Hey, stop … Continue reading
Hello everyone! My name is Lindsey Spanner and I am a junior studying Communication Studies and Spanish. I am also pursuing the Writing Certificate and hope to complete a Linguistics minor before I graduate. This is my second semester as … Continue reading
I’m excited to share that I’ve been accepted into Scripps Howard Foundation in Washington program for spring semester. For this internship, I will be living in Washington, D.C and reporting on events that take place on the Hill, in the … Continue reading
Thanksgiving, while it can be a wonderful time of feasting and fellowship, can also be stressful if you have relatives who disagree with your political views. It can certainly be stressful if you are the stand-alone liberal in the family. … Continue reading
While Thanksgiving is meant to be a relaxing holiday spent being thankful for family and friends, for many women, like my mother, it means waking up at the crack of dawn, shoving large poultry items into ovens, frantically running around … Continue reading
Speech by Virginia Martin, the Program Coordinator of the Women’s Center & LGBT Center, at the Trans* Day of Remembrance 2012: “Trans liberation and feminism have had a rocky past. As someone who identifies as a cis-gender, queer feminist, I feel … Continue reading
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“78 percent of girls say they hate their bodies by the time they are 15 years old. 65 percent have an eating disorder. 17 percent cut themselves, and the number of cosmetic surgeries quadrupled on women from 1997 and 2007 … Continue reading
