Charlottesville
It feels remiss not to say anything about what happened last weekend in Charlottesville given that it hits so close to home. As the...


The Million Woman March and the Necessity of Inclusive Feminism
With the general cacophony of voices speaking about the march, the election, the inauguration, and all of the cultural and societal...
I Weep for My Country
Today I weep. I weep for my country. I weep for our history. I weep for our future. Today I weep for everyone and anyone who will be told...


The Ladybrag: Why Women Being Vocal About Accomplishment is Essential to Progress
I recently read an article in The Atlantic about Olympic athletes and the newly coined, and amazingly important term: ladybragging. What...


What the Hell is the TPP?
As someone that reads the news every day and has studied political science, I like to think that I'm fairly educated on issues of...
Thoughts on Voting Your Conscience
Every day of late it seems like I come home and stew about everything I’ve seen on the news, fractured only with moments of hope courtesy...
A Timeline of Lies in a Timeline of "Lies": Fact Checking the Independent Journal's Cl
The FBI Director made a statement yesterday explaining to the public the result of the FBI investigation into the private email server of...


The Laws that Perpetuate Tragedy and the Organization that Makes Them Possible: Guns & the NRA
Photo credit When Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teenager, was shot and killed by George Zimmerman on February 26, 2012, the scrutiny of...


It's Time to Grow Up: The Radical Left and the Hilary Campaign
Today a friend on Facebook (shoutout to Shaun), posted something about not understanding the "Bernie or Bust" movement. If you're...


Ignorance, Bernie, and a Bathroom
Dear Person that Placed a Bernie Sanders Poster in the Urinal, I have several questions for you, but first and foremost, why? Why, when...