Author Archives: jessicascott5

In a past post, I talked about the effects of toxic masculinity and how groups are trying to combat it for future generations. What I missed was the baggage that older generations carry from toxic masculinity and the ways it has shaped their lives. Even if they do not grow up in abusers and homophobicContinue reading “Requiescat in Pace”

On September 11, 2001, Two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center on the order of a man who believed that America was a great evil in the world. Thousands died and millions mourned as live footage of this tragedy was broadcasted live on all major networks. In the aftermath of the attack, itContinue reading “A Veil of Ignorance”

Crowns of violets and roses*you wore beside me.*Many ritual garlands coiled around your tender throat*made of flowers***in full bloom –Sappho When I was in high school, I attended an all-girl, pronominally black catholic private school that was found to help educate black girls by nuns. A memory that still resonates with me was the expulsionContinue reading “A Crown of Violets”

August 26, 2016, was the perfect day for football in Santa Clara, California. Sunny skies as far as the eyes were over Levi Stadium while excited football fans packed into their seats to watch The Green Bay Packers take on the San Francisco 49ers in the preseason match-up. As the National Anthem played in theContinue reading “The Black Athlete and Activism”

This past week in class we have been discussing The effects of toxic masculinity when it comes to raising boys. for me as a girl I have seen toxic masculinity because I have a little brother and a father who was raised in a very different time from my own. While the term can beContinue reading “I’ll Make a Man Out of You”

“Jessica, don’t crack your knuckles. do want to have man hands when your fiancé gives you your ring”.  This is a direct quote that my mother told me for years when I was growing up. For my mom being feminine was the only way for a female to present themselves. I can remember with perfectContinue reading “Staying in a Child’s Place”

When I first started my academic career at UNT I knew exactly what I wanted to be, an amazing journalist and later an editor-in-chief of a publication. I would have groundbreaking interviews and exposes while wearing the most wardrobe that would make Olivia Pope jealous. Unfortunately, childhood fantasies gave way to harsh realities and IContinue reading “Black and Proud in Print”

When it comes to articles and opinion pieces, on how far we have come as a society in our portrayal of women in media there are millions of them. From the angry feminism whos still feels underappreciated to the red and white stripe tie-wearing male who says the war on women is over and everythingContinue reading “A Portrait of A Lady”