Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Kristen Barton

Save the person not the “boobies”

October 16, 2015

Congratulations, America, you’ve successfully sexualized breast cancer. Breast Cancer Awareness Month is something with such pheno… Read more »

Posted by Natasha Ivery

Let’s End Slut-Shaming Already

October 15, 2015

Stop slut shaming. The fact that I have to even write about the fact why this is wrong in 2015 is exhausting and shows just how mu… Read more »

Posted by Carley Towne

Let’s Talk About the Problem of Frats

October 15, 2015

Last week, the UCLA chapter of Sigma Phi Epsilon made headlines hosting what they deemed a “Kanye Western” party in which partygoe… Read more »

Posted by Nigel Morton

Debunking Some Misconceptions Around Islam

October 13, 2015

https://www.flickr.com/photos/130518716@N02/21452453784/in/pool-mosques/ Recent statements by conservative presidential hopeful Be… Read more »

Posted by Kristen Barton

Amber Rose is Still Not Asking for It with Los Angeles SlutWalk

October 8, 2015

photo by Man Alive via flickr This past weekend model and artist Amber Rose hosted a SlutWalk in Los Angeles to speak out against… Read more »

Posted by Carley Towne

“Grandma” is Great, But Not Without its Flaws

October 8, 2015

After watching Grandma, I left the theatre feeling like if the culmination of all past feminist victories were really just leading… Read more »

Posted by Caitlyn Martin

Demi-What?

October 7, 2015

Demisexual: “a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form a strong emotional connection with someone.” Is t… Read more »

Posted by Hanna Foster

Reducing the Stigma: Stop Blaming Mass Shootings on Mental Illness

October 6, 2015

As yet another mass shooting occurs, we are faced with the same bullshit excuse that we hear every time a white man commits one of… Read more »

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