Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Hanna Foster

An Ode to Equal Pay Day

April 12, 2016

Dear Equal Pay Day, Oh how I wish this wasn’t necessary. It’s 2016, 53 years after the Equal Pay Act was signed by Kennedy in 1963… Read more »

Posted by Kristen Barton

Real Education for Healthy Youth Act Fights for Comprehensive Sex Education

April 8, 2016

We all remember the famous “don’t have sex or you will get pregnant and die, ” scene from Mean Girls. When a gym teacher in a heal… Read more »

Posted by Caitlyn Martin

When it Comes to Consent, There is No Gray Area

April 6, 2016

I intended to write this post and have it up last week so it would be more timely, but due to a death in the family, I was unable… Read more »

Posted by Nigel Morton

Steps to Becoming an Effective RJ Leader

April 5, 2016

It’s that time of the school year again when campus organizations choose their new leadership. Becoming a campus leader is excitin… Read more »

Posted by Hanna Foster

The Uncomfortable Truth About TV Sex

April 5, 2016

There are a long list of things that are wrong with TV sex scenes. From the overall heteronormative approach most shows take, to t… Read more »

Posted by Jason T. Frost

Alabama Anti-Marriage Equality Bill Also Hurts Victims of Domestic Abuse

April 4, 2016

In an example of post-judicial infantilism, the state of Alabama is doing everything it possibly can to discourage same-sex marria… Read more »

Posted by Kristen Barton

Sexual Assault Awareness Month Provides Chance to Stand with Survivors

April 1, 2016

****Trigger Warning: Sexual Assault**** Today is the first day of April, which means it is the beginning of Sexual Assault Awarene… Read more »

Posted by Carley Towne

Know Your IX Boot Camp: A Recap

March 31, 2016

  Over the weekend, I had the opportunity to attend the Know Your IX Activist Bootcamp, an intensive two day long training de… Read more »

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