WAGE Project is coming to a campus near you!

WAGE (Women Are Getting Even) Project Inc is an organization committed to ending wage discrimination in the workplace. Wage enables women to take the necessary steps they need to in order to better prepare themselves in the work force, specifically when it comes down to getting paid. Help yourself and participate in a WAGE Project workshop near you!!!

WAGE Announces Start Smart Schedule
Friday, September 14, 2007


Start Smart workshops will help women get paid fairly when they graduate from college.

Start Smart Campus Workshops Fall Schedule:

Babson College, October 17th, 3 hour workshop [time undecided]

Bentley College, November 14th, 3 hour workshop- 6:30 to 9:30 PM

Boston College, October 3rd, 3 hour workshop- 6:00-9:00 PM

Boston University, October 2nd and 16th- 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Fletcher School/Tufts, October 8th and 29th- 6:00 to 8:00 PM

Howard Community College, MD, October 27th- 11AM to 1:00PM

Regis College, October 23rd and November 5th, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

University of Maine, November 7th and 14th, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

UMass/Dartmouth, November 6th and 19th, 6:00 to 8:00 PM

University of Pennsylvania, November 12th, 5:00 to 8:00 PM or 4:00 to 7:00 PM

University of Southern Maine, October 30th and November 13th [time undecided]

1955 Good Housekeeping article--haha

A friend emailed me this article..thought I should post it just for fun.

Thank You Deval

Vs up to Gov. Deval Patrick for his vetoes earlier this month on the 2008 budget regarding three sexual health victories.
News like this it why I love the Commonwealth of MA.

Minge is the new Cunt?!

Okay so I just discovered..or was rather was introduced to the word minge. It's another vulgar term for vagina..However just as I have learned to embraced such vulgar terms to call a woman and their reproductive whatnots (CUNT and BITCH)..I am now going to continue on and welcome the word minge into my vocab..and plus it's way more fun to say than cunt...haha

Need feminism--Buy some

Feminism for your wardrobe--ya gotta love it. Northern Sun has everything you need to dress up with your Vs up. So check out their webpage for some pretty sweeeet t-shirts, buttons etc. for your feminist closet.

Running in High Heels--Not so much fun

Running in High Heels looks like a pretty sweet movie. Maryann Breschard's movie investigates women's roles in the workforce, their leadership etc. and is now avalible on DVD. Check it out!

I love me some FULL FRONTAL FEMINISM

Jessica Valenti's Full Frontal Feminism Rocks!!

I'm reading it right now and I can't put it down. It's totally worth $15.95. So please go out and do yourself a favor and buy that shit right now. Then proceed to pass it along to anyone you might think may be a feminist, because they'll love it to.

A couple of my girlfriends are just waiting for me to finish it so they can read it.

happy reading!

Hey what can I say..

the image speaks for itself

yeah batgirl!!

thank you feministing for this great lil youtube piece of feminist food for thought!

The Cougar...on Feminist Blogging

I suppose I've been a feminist my whole life but didn't really begin to embrace the F-word until my college years, when I began to understand the meaning behind it. Being a feminist is basically--me fighting for equal rights among the sexes…the want to not be discriminated against because of what is between my legs.

Blogging for feminism is just part of my activism. I would say that all day every day I'm throwing my Vs up...spreading knowledge about the need for equality and feminism. My blog putyourvsup.blogspot.com allows me to put my feminist ramblings into words, it’s an outlet to the blogosphere. Blogging has given me courage to know that I'm not alone, in fact there are many men and women out there fight for equality in various ways.

The art of mastering the blogosphere is one that I haven’t got down, but I’m working on it. There’s tools everywhere and once you start blogging and surfing the web, you’ll be amazed at the resources you find out there about things that you’re actually passionate about—I’m telling you it’s inspirational.

Yeah sure I was scared to be discriminated against and yeah I get made fun of for it and called a dyke but w/e I know who I am and what I stand for...and lets face it if you don’t stand up for yourself, then who will?

So stand up for what you believe in, I promise it will make you feel a lot better about your life--and who knows maybe even change the world a little.

As for myself, I'll continue to spread feminism...one V at a time.

This is why the contributors of feministing.com are my heroes!!

Feministing.com is awesome! Editor Jessica Valenti and Gwendolyn Beetham have once again amazed me in that all that they do. It's like these ladies are in my head...they've got great ideas and actually put them to work.

For all you feminist bloggers out there, there's this great website whos new issue brings together acaemics, blogging and feminism--YES! Check it out

I'll also be posting a mini video advertisment for their blog.

It's gonna be a good wednesday--it's things like this just get me so excited!

your Third Eye is Blind to Feminism

Stephen Jenkins lead singer of Third Eye Blind claims the stance of feminists to be "weak", Saturday, April 21 after a concert at Babson College, Wellesley MA. Now I am paraphrasing a lil bit but that is basically what he said. Yes I heard this with my own ears people--his words stirred deep inside of me... He went on for a few minutes as to all the various reason in which he believes us (people who are feminist)to be weak. Jenkins' reasons were that feminist separated themselves making themselves unequal..blahh blahh blahh and that we (all people) are all one yada yada yada...He went on to say that we're all human, that he is a black women, china man, Latino and named other various races, ethnicities, to make the point that ya know we as living, breathing, people should come together and not separate ourselves into such categories. Although I believe that every living, breathing human should be treated equally--regardless of whether we like it or not our society loves labels-they can't get enough of them in fact.

And sorry Jenkins you're not a woman no matter how much you think we are all one and whatnot--yeah not so much. People's differences is what makes the world beautiful and amazing, so yeah if we all truly were "one" than the world just wouldn't be half as much fun or interesting...and well I wouldn't be blogging about this right now--not that you probably care but you were right I was getting mad about your comments, but I will agree to disagree with you on this one. And although you may know how to get into a vagina, you have no true idea of what it's like to actually have one. Just like I don't know how it is to be a man, or anything else but a Caucasian, middle class female.

Okay..yeah I feel better now...

Aside from that concert was awesome I jammed out, I'm not gonna lie..and like who doesn't wanna meet a rockstar? I mean I had him sign my arm before we had this convo.

So this is how this lil convo came to be:
After the show my friend Hannah (major fan) and I got to chat with Jenkins. It was random, there was a group of people around and Hannah, Jenkins and I started talking. He made some comment to me, and my response surprised him a little. Anyway, whatever I said was motivated by my pride in my vagina...I don't know, the night was a bit of a blur but regardless, I was upset to hear him--a man who is able to sing in such ways that touches women (by women I mean me, Hannah and any other 3eb female fan), then also turn around and call me "weak"...damn...

Feminism on Emmanuel College Campus

This is Put you Vs up's first and very own video. In it I went around EC campus asking random students/faculty members about feminism and its relevance in today’s society. I know the video quality isn't top notch but something went wrong with the file and how it was processed. Regardless you get the gist and we worked hard on putting it together. Just getting people to talk about feminism was difficult, as soon as people heard the f-word they tended to turn the other way. Special thanks to Bryan for all your hard work, not many guys would help a crazy Cougar ransack college students with ideas of feminism—your help is much appreciated.

Since when is VAGINA a bad word?

I just want to find these three young ladies and tell them how phenomenal they are for standing up for their right to use the word VAGINA. Apparently these high school juniors were suspended for preforming The Vagina Monologues?!?! Give me a break people. Vagina is not a vulgar word. The Vagina Monologues although a little out there for some people is not half as bad as the shit you see on TV--put on a music video for crying out loud.

So you're not allowed to use the word vagina...which body part is next?

I'm just shocked that they were really kicked out of class for this...ridiculous. Feminism and questioning authority is education. The community should rethink those on the Board of Ed.

Yes! Feminism can be SEXY

Artist Janelle Rodriguez, NY local currently resides in the Bean. I'm no art buff but, Jennelle's creations are truly stimulating, thought provoking, amazingly beautiful and heartfelt. And yes SEXY, like this mixed media piece to your right.

Throw up your Vs for Janelle who combines her artistic mind and soul, with classic femininity to create masterpieces.

Fav Fem Blogger

Jessica Valenti is one of my favorite feminist bloggers and she just finished a book! Jessica is witty, intelligent, successful and puts a fresh spin on feminism. You can find her latest posts on feministing.com (which I read religiously). Vs up to Jess for inspiring myself as well as many other young women!

Check out her book--- Full Frontal Feminism: A Young Woman's Guild to Why Feminism Matters

No Doubt - Just A Girl

I am more than just a girl in this world, but yes that is a part of me.

Vs up to Gwen, for rocking out and being more than just a girl.

Christina Aguilera feat. Lil Kim - *Can't Hold Us Down*

I forgot how much I loved this song, until I heard it this morning.

Enjoy this guilty pleasure of the day.

Vs up to Christina and lil Kim letting dudes know that ladies can get theirs too.

Because we will not be held down.

I don't know about these Pussies!?!?

Pussycat Dolls (PCD)..okay yes they're hot. A few young women doing their thing...in that way I guess they could be a positive influence for women, but i just don't know.

Taking off you're clothes to sell records..not so much. And well anything that dresses that scandalously and is referred to as "pussy", well that doesn't exactly scream feminism. Instead I hear "objectify me now." Perhaps if the PCD were well known for their amazing voices and deep lyrics then I would be all about them. But singing things like "loosen up my buttons" or whatever that song is called, well I'm not requesting the PCD to record the new feminist anthem or anything.

But if they're happy with objectifying themselves, then who am I to stop them.

I'm not gonna lie..I jam out to their songs once in a while...and like I said they are hot.

Some Cool Pics from Feministing

Click to check out more Feministing Pics! They're pretty mind blowing.