Miss Eaves' Thunder Thighs! #PlusSizeAnthem

This is every rockin' #plussize girl's summer anthem! Take back #ThunderThighs ! Who wouldn't want to be associated with one of Mother Nature's most powerful natural events/sounds? THUNDER! WE ROCK! We rock the sky, we rock the Earth, we rock the water! Our #ChubRub rocks the element of FIRE! #Mermaid #MissEaves #PlusIsEqual #ThisBody is made for rockin' summer! 

Join the Women's March Sister Marches Rapid Response Team!

10 Actions for the First 100 Days!! VIVA LA RESISTANCE!!

Blood

This commercial for women's hygiene products gave me goosebumps and made me feel like a warrior for having my period. You heard me.

Take Down the Confederate Flag, NOW

For anyone who thinks that the confederate flag shouldn't be outlawed because it stands for more than racism, and not all fliers of it are racist : It doesn't matter why the flier is flying it, the fact remains that it is a symbol of racism, and that for every person who flies it in remembrance of those who died in the south during the Civil War, there are ~30 people who are terrorized because of it. That is not fair and is causing pointless anxiety and fear. Its the exact same as flying the Nazi Swastika. Plenty of innocent Germans died in WWII, and some Germans used to want to fly it for that reason, but the Nazi flag is outlawed in Europe because of what it stands for to the VICTIMS. It is a symbol of hate to too many people for the idea that it may be the symbol of something more innocent to a handful of others to outweigh that fact. And the same goes for the Confederate Flag. The idea that the white race are supreme beings over minorities is the cornerstone to why the South seceded, and the fact that the confederate flag is their flag, and the flag of the terrorist group the KKK is why IT MUST COME DOWN, and be treated just like the swastika. End of story.

So thanks, Alabama, ya done good.

Please see article below:

Alabama Capital Takes Down Confederate Flag

Help the National Women's History Museum get a spot on the National Mall!

Please write your legislators to support the this bill that will create a space on the National Mall for the National Women's History Museum, which currently only has an administrative office, and no exhibition space.

**Update!**

Congress Votes To Create Congressional Commission To Study Creation of National Women's History Museum 

https://www.nwhm.org/building-the-museum/

GMU Women and Gender Studies' The Politics of Gender and Justice: the Intersection of Identity and Disciplines Conference!

 I presented at my first conference this weekend, and it was fabulous!  The conference was a GMU Women ad Gender Studies Conference on The Politics of Gender and Justice: The Intersection of Identity and Disciplines, and it was held at GMU Arlington Campus on May 3rd, from 8 AM to 4 PM. My paper and presentation was called "Women in Mathematics: Where History and Today Meet," and it was a historical retrospective of women in math from 2000 years ago to today (the highlights ;) ), including the challenges they had to overcome, and their outstanding accomplishments. I also included an overview of what is happening today, with some institutional change happening with women being encouraged to enter STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics), through scholarships, but with other societal change still needed in order to overcome stereotypes of women in math, and hostile work environments for women in these STEM fields, as well as other institutional change needed such as closing the wage gap in fields such as physics and computer science.The conference was so informative and offered great opportunities to learn from my peers, and to interact with graduate students, professors, and people in the field. It was such a great experience, and I am so happy I got to participate. Special thanks to the Women's Studies Dept at GMU for accepting my paper and affording me this great opportunity to present!

Mason student Ashley Strobridge presents at Mason women & gender studies conference #gmugender @MasonWGST pic.twitter.com/hrZwQPCWTy
— Angela Hattery (@AngelaHattery) May 3, 2014

 "This conference offered me....: the opportunity to participate in my first conference as a presenter, and it was a big confidence-booster! Thank you WGST! (GMU!)."

My Badge!

 From left: presenter on Zines Workshop at the conference, Ms. Meader, whose first name I am unsure of at this point, and from the WGST Center at GMU, Olivia Meader (who was also a presenter at the Zines Workshop at the conference), Marisa Allison, Prefessor Angie Hattery (the head honcho at WGST), Moi (Ashley Anne Strobridge), and Erin Lutz!


 

 The Sex-Positive Zine I created at the Meaders' Creative Workshop:Gender and Sexuality Zines!

 I didn't quite finish, but I think that will be a task for later! I like it! Whatcha think?

The following link will bring you to a copy of the program for the conference. There were many great presenters, including many good friends of mine, on topics ranging from asexuality, to what to do with a WMST degree once you graduate! And everyone was absolutely fabulous!

http://s3.amazonaws.com/chssweb/documents/15626/original/Conference_Program.pdf?1398971765