Hi all! This is my first blog/blog post so please bare with me. My name is Elizabeth, I am 20 years old and I am majoring in Women’s and Gender Studies. I was raised in Locust Grove, Virginia but I am currently residing in Los Angeles, California. Last year, I attended American Jewish University but I decided to take a semester off and get my degree at Umass instead!
The blog, “Feministing,” http://feministing.com immediately caught my attention for many reasons. I love that they talk about a wide variety of topics that include intersectionality, race, reproductive rights, sexuality, and more. This blog does very well at educating people on topics that many are uncomfortable discussing.
For my blog, I definitely want to dive into topics of intersectionality, racism, nature, LGBTQIAA, etc. I hope to bring light to certain topics that some shy away from and just to educate others. One way that my blog won’t be the same is that I won’t have editors, columnists, interns, etc. to help me create posts.
Los Angeles has many, many environmental issues but the issue I am talking about right now is litter. Litter can be found everywhere in the country but it’s extremely prevalent in the busier thoroughfares of Los Angeles. There is so much litter that it’s polluting stormwater which in turn, is polluting our rivers and oceans. This weekend, I stepped outside to get a better perspective of just how much this is affecting my neighborhood and it definitely opened my eyes to just how dirty LA is. Below are photos of trash in my neighborhood. This doesn’t look like a lot but think about the fact that these were all taken within about 5 steps of my apartment building.
