From the Rebel Yell:
“I’ll be honest, I just thought they did abortions.”
Gabriella Keys, 20, a future broadcasting student at the College of Southern Nevada, expressed a common misconception people have about the 90-year-old organization Planned Parenthood. While they advocate choice, Planned Parenthood-affiliated health centers don’t actually perform abortions in Nevada.
Posts Tagged ‘rebel yell’
Self-Promotion Time: Planned Parenthood Activist Camp
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged comprehensive sex ed, planned parenthood, rebel yell, unlv on April 8, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Self Promotion Time – Jean Nidetch Center’s $1 Million Grant
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged bernard osher, friendship re-entry scholarship, jean nidetch, osher foundation, rebel yell, scholarship, unlv on March 10, 2008 | 1 Comment »
My article in the Rebel Yell:
Women’s Center receives $1 million endowment
By Aisha O’Brien, Contributing Writer
Jackie Kaaa-Logan is a UNLV psychology student today, after more than 20 years out of school and service to the federal government. She returned to finish her studies to fulfill the dying wishes of her mother.
Self-Promotion Time – Guerrilla Girls On Tour’s Coup d’University
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged feminism, unlv, guerrilla girls, rebel yell, jean nidetch women's center, activism on February 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From the Rebel Yell:
Feminists educate, throw bananas
“Have a banana!”
Yellow bananas proceeded to hale hail over the audience. Two members screamed and laughed in hysterics as one potassium-rich grenade hit a chair near them in a reverberating thump. Three gorilla-masked women ran up and down the aisles of the Student Union Theatre, hurling one banana after [...]
Guerrilla Girls Swing Into UNLV
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged feminism, Las Vegas, unlv, guerrilla girls, theatre, feminists, rebel yell on February 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
From my article in the Rebel Yell:
What started out as a protest against biased art galleries not showing works by women or people of color has turned into an internationally known activist group.
The Guerrilla Girls have been plastering posters all over New York City since 1985, demanding equality in the art world.
Their so-called “five-minute research” [...]
Girls just wanna have fun without social stigma
Posted in Rebel Yell Articles, tagged binge drinking, facebook, opinion, rebel yell, unlv on January 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My article in the Rebel Yell.
Leveling the playing field
Are college women criticized more than men for binge drinking?
By Aisha O’Brien, Contributing Writer
Published on January 28, 2008
Having a vagina adds stigma to everyday decisions. Especially if the person with a vagina dares to attempt something that someone with a penis does freely without criticism.The decision this [...]
