Madeline White is a very bold and strong minded person. She's definitely not afraid to express her views, opinions and thoughts about subjects such as feminism. From reading the two articles (including Where Have all the Feminists Gone?) I begin to wonder the same thing.
In the past, like Maddie has mentioned in her article, people have protested to speak out about this issue.
However, recently I think that there are very few feminists left. I think that a lot of people who believe in feminism are scared to admit that they are feminists because of the reaction they would get.
As Maddie said in her article, "When I state that I'm a feminist, people respond with an open-mouthed stare. The fact that this label can still conjure up a negative stereotype tells me that oppression against women still exists."
The "negative stereotype" which Maddie speaks about is the fact that people assume that a feminists is a woman who hates men, and doesn't take care of herself. When in all reality a feminist is someone who believes in equality between the two sexes.

Getting back to the question....
What does feminism look like in our day and age?
I think that in our day and age feminism exists but in a different way than it did back thirty or forty years ago. I think that nowadays it is much easier to express yourself. Whether it is through a newspaper (as Maddie has done), online blog or 'vlog', it is much easier to get a point across.

To help get a better idea as to what feminism is, I'll give a definition;

Feminism (fem-i-nism)
1. The theory of ecomoic, political, and social equality of sexes.
2. Organized activity on behalf of women's rights and interests.

During this J-Talk with Madeline White I learnt that you should never take no for an answer. In the case of the article "Gender Studies Missing from High School" Maddie went to interview a teacher about it, but admin had come back saying "no comment" relating to the subject.
Instead if sitting back like most reporters would do; Maddie didn't give up hope.
The article entitled "Gender Studies Missing from High School" talks about the sexism that goes on day to day in schools. It talks about different phrases, words and other things that can be degrading to women. For example sometimes girls call each other "sluts" and "whores" which are very derogatory and degrading words to use against women.
Like in the movie "Mean Girls" with Lindsay Lohan they have a serious talk with the girls. The teacher makes it clear that by girls calling each other words like "Slut", "Whore", "Skank" and are ok with it. But when guys start calling other girls "Sluts", "Whores", "Skanks", "Bitches", etc. it is considered to be a bad thing. But by the girls not throwing the words around like its nothing, that is exactly what guys make of it.
Getting back to the article, the way that Maddie handled the article was very mature. Instead of lashing out and calling them "sexist" she took time and tried her best to get legit answers from admin. She handled it maturely and the way any journalist should handle a situation like that.
Using a variety of sources like Maddie create different varities. She used people who were victims of this sexism and people who have witnessed or been part of.
I think that Maddie's opinions are very strong and well backed up. She feels very strongly about this and will do anything she can to try to help the situation to get noticed. By reaching out and writing it into a newspaper article, that is read by many Torontonians it could help for this problem to be rocognized.

A big problem amongst many student bodies and school communities across the world is cheating. Cheating can be done in many ways. Whether it is writing the answers on your arm/various body parts, or glancing at a classmates work; when it comes to down to it its cheating.
As a Mary Ward student I have both experienced and witnessed different forms of cheating. One of the most popular ways of cheating is when it comes to writing a test. As the year goes on and we get closer to those dread conditional zero deadlines, and June rush everyone starts to panic and will do anything just to get the marks.
I'll share an experience which I was part of during my first June rush at Mary Ward. It's always overwhelming, your first year at Mary Ward. The system alone is overwhelming to handle, but when your first June rush comes around you begin to panic and stress out that you won't finish everything.
I believe that cheating at a school like Mary Ward is very different than cheating from at your average school. In some ways it is a lot easier to cheat off of someone but in others it can be more difficult. For example most situations that involve cheating take place in the test center. In every corner of the test center there are mirrors and if the teacher/supervisor in charge is paying attention they can see everyone's actions and movements. If a student gets caught at Ward (depending on the severity of their actions) they can face in school suspension or just suspension alone.
I think that cheating seems like a good idea at the moment, but the consequences in the end aren't worth it. It's not worth facing suspension, detention or being expelled just to pass a test with an 80, or to rush a course finished.
I think that students can avoid the temptation to cheat simply by staying on top of things. If they would take more priority in doing their work they wouldn't have to deal with the consequences such as suspension. I know from experience and from friends experiences that getting a high mark on a test by cheating, isn't really worth it in the end.

The article "The Fallen Servant" tells the story of what happened to Norman E. Creger, a 17-year old veteran of the Jackson (MI) Fire Department, back in 1982. The story shows many examples of ethical dilemma's.
Approximately forty-five days later it was released that Creger was "legally" drunk. They said that his alcohol level was at a 0.16, and a driver was considered "under the ifnluence" when he was driving with one of 0.10.

The autopsy report was released about a month after his death. However, when these reports were released there was lots of negative feedback from people across the state. People were furious with the fact that some newspapers/magazines would sink to such low heights just to sell their magazines/newspapers. People saw the headlines and stories to be "disrespectful" due to the fact that people were speaking ill of the dead, especially of a fallen veteran.

The ethical dilemma that I saw in this article was the fact that people were speaking of ill of the dead. By publishing articles that give someone a bad name after they just tried to save your house/business is just wrong. What if your newspaper stand was on fire; would you not want them to try to put it out. The ethical dilemma I see is hypocrisy.

When reading about how online journalists are treated in other countries, it really got me thinking. It got me thinking about how lucky and privileged we are to live in a country where such things don't happen.
It was unbelievable to see the number of people in other countries who were imprisoned for expressing their own opinion by online journalism. In china approximately 35 people were imprisoned. It was also shocking to see that such popular internet/computer companies were involved in the imprisonment. This included such popular companies like Microsoft, Google, and Yahoo!


After learning about how bloggers' privacy and freedom are easily compromised and taken away in countries such as China, Saudi Arabia, Egypt and Iran, how does this make you feel about your right to blog?

This made me feel very privileged and lucky to live in a country where you can express your opinion. Knowing that there are other people out there who try to do nothing more than express their opinion and openly talk about issues affecting their country, get arrested and outspoken by those of "higher authority".
It also makes me seriously think about how much we can sometimes take for granted. For example, blogging and expressing ourselves online. If teenagers and other blog users were to have their rights and privileges of freedom of speech online, it would cause a lot of problems/controversy.

I was browsing through a bunch of the videos on Lori’s website and found a few that interested me. The first video which I found that caught my attention was the,

“8 Changes of Obama” Video: http://theresident.net/seyret/political-videos-and-environmental-issues/8-changes-since-obama-s-coming

The reason why I picked out this video was because I thought the title was kind of funny. As I watch the video I learn that Lori is basically telling it how it is. With all the negative media—in radio, television, magazines and newspapers—Barrack Obama is already been given a bad name, even though he hasn’t been elected into office yet. I really liked how she used humour to get a very serious point across. I thought that she got her point across and it made very clear at the end when she says,

“So to all your nay sayers in the media,

Who are already trying to rip Obama to shreds before he gets to office,

I have this to say....

I’ve already seen the change he’s promised.

Maybe you should start looking for some too.”

I thought that by her saying this at the end it really showed her view on the big Obama craze that’s pretty much gone worldwide.

As I continued to browse through the website I found another video that really interested me because I could relate to it.

“No More Prejudice”: http://theresident.net/all-videos/social-commentary/no-more-prejudice

I thought that this video was really good because it talks about something a person of any age can relate to. This video made me think about some of the stereotypes and prejudice comments I tend to make about people daily. As I read some of the comments I noticed that some people like me have been considered “ageist” and the biggest example of that is riding on a bus. If you give up your seat for a person older then you; you are considered ageist. If you don't give up your seat to some one older then you; you are still considered ageist! That is something that I'm faced with almost every day that I ride the TTC. I really like how at the end she left it open for people to share their personal experiences with Prejudice.