My Feminist Voice

Hi friends and welcome back to My Feminist Voice! It's been a busy last couple of days with things going on in my home life and catching up on other class work, so I haven't had the chance to post recently but I'm back with a new one now. Tonight we're going to be discussing something very close to my high school heart; the dress code. Anyone who knew me well in middle and high school knew how infuriated I was by the dress code implemented by our schools. I grew up in the Calgary Catholic School District, so it's possible our dress code was stricter than those in public schools so perhaps this doesn't apply to all schools. But in my school, not every teacher/staff member was strict about the dress code. Most kids knew which teachers and administrators were "dress code enthusiasts" and many of us tried to ensure we didn't cross paths with them when we could avoid it. School aged children are obviously between the ages of 5 and 18 years old, so n...

If you're seeing this post, I would like to officially welcome you to my brand new blog, My Feminist Voice! Sooo, I think it would only be proper to begin this introduction with a little bit about me. My name's Jensen and I'm going into my third year of studying education at the University of Calgary. I am 19 years old, and was born and identify as female. I was raised most of my life by a single mother along with a little sister here in the Calgary, Alberta area of Canada. Currently, I'm taking a couple spring courses to resurrect my GPA from the past year of quite a few rocky semesters, one of which is an introductory course in the field of Women's Studies. This course happens to be the reason I am writing this blog! I am an education major, so this is an optional course for me, meaning I decided to take it purely out of interest. I personally believe women's studies is a topic everybody could afford to learn a little more about. I've already learned so ...