Cierra Olivia Thomas, Biography
Undergraduate at Eastern Oregon University
Cierra Olivia Thomas is an honors student at Eastern Oregon University studying Anthropology and Gender Studies. As a student activist dedicated to feminism, Cierra’s commitment to feminist inquiry was recently recognized with the 2005 Women of Courage and Vision award for persistently “working toward a just and [...]
The same day we had the SAAM rally, the ASEOU held a rally on the tuition caps, which would regulate the money spent on tuition. (Seemingly, EOU is the only U in Oregon that doesn’t put a cap on full time tuition. I didn’t research this.) We were yelling about rape and [...]
April was sexual assault awareness month and the Women’s Center in partnership with the EOU athletics program hosted an annual march for awareness in support of this annual observation of sexual assault. This year’s march was held on April 27, 2005, in observance of Lee Denim day. As a student, I was asked [...]
“The Being by which Nothingness arrives in the world must nihilate. Nothingness in its Being, and even so it still runs the risk of establishing Nothingness as a transcendent in the very heart of immanence unless it nihilates Nothingness in its being in connection with its own being.” - Sartre (Thomson - The Sapir-Whorf [...]
The more I learn about popular culture the more I am aghast at humanity. This article is a must read for everyone. Written by Peggy McIntosh, it is entitled White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack and can be found here:
Here is an excerpted list of privilege. If you can do these [...]
