Jessica Vozel
Jessica Vozel is
originally from a small town an hour outside of Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania. She is a graduate of
California University of Pennsylvania, where she majored in English
with a concentration
on professional writing. She is attending the University of
Cincinnati for her Master's in
English with a concentration
on creative writing.
Writing has been
her passion since she first picked up a pencil and scrawled out an
entire story in one afternoon at the age of eight. Now, a laptop
has replaced the pencil but her love of the written word persists.
During her college years, she worked at the campus writing center,
aiding students in composing and revising academic papers, and this
led to her interest in one day teaching in a university setting.
Wherever she ends up, she hopes to always be writing. Her other
interests include literature, feminism, politics and animal rights.
Jessica's
Previous Columns
George Sodini and the
Culture of Misogyny - August 10, 2009
Roethlisberger Rape
Case: A Year-Delayed Civil Filing Does Not a Gold-Digger Make -
July 27, 2009
When You’re Broke, You
Love IKEA, Until . . . Oh No - July 13, 2009
Sarah Palin:
Deliberately or Accidentally Incoherent? - July 6, 2009
The ‘Uppity’ Barbara
Boxer Dares to Stand Up for Herself - June 22, 2009
Letterman-Style
‘Selective Sexism’ Not Rampant, But Still Wrong - June 15, 2009
What Vegetarianism
Could Be . . . If It Weren’t for PeTA - June 8, 2009
Sotomayor’s Is Not the
Patriarchal Perspective; No Wonder Conservatives are Upset -
June 1, 2009
Congratulations, Graduates, But Keep Your
Umbrellas Handy - May 25, 2009
Micro-Managing Carrie
Prejean’s Sexuality - May 11, 2009
Obama’s Everywhere,
And That’s a Good Thing - May 4, 2009
What The Biggest
Loser and the Bush Administration Have in Common - April 27,
2009
Why Is It Surprising
Susan Boyle Can Sing? - April 20, 2009
Nothing Can Make
Observe and Report Rape Scene ‘OK’ - April 13, 2009
Triviality as the Sole
Domain of Women - April 6, 2009
Green is Great, But
Not for Guilt - March 30, 2009
Ideology + ‘Solutions’
= Bad Ideas - March 23, 2009
Must They Sexualize Dora Too? - March 9,
2009
Rush Limbaugh Has a Right to Be
Anti-American . . . And He Is - March 2, 2009
It’s Chris Brown, Not
Rihanna, Who Deserves the Scrutiny - February 23, 2009
A-Rod Juices, Phelps
Tokes, Bale Rages . . . and Jessica Simpson Eats a Burger -
February 9, 2009
Times are Tough, But
Steelers Show Reason to Hope . . . and Cheer - February 2, 2009
Goodbye Global Gag
Rule - January 26, 2009
Today, We Celebrate;
Tomorrow, We Criticize - January 19, 2009
Sanjay Gupta for
Surgeon General? Better Than Dr. Phil, But Still . . . - January
12, 2009
Muslims on Airplanes
in America’s Culture of Fear - January 5, 2009
Keep Promise on Gay
Rights, And We’ll Forget About Rick Warren - December 29, 2008
Fulfillment Without
Marriage and Children? Hollywood Notwithstanding, Yes You Can -
December 22, 2008
The Strong Religious
(And Even Better Non-Religious) Case for Gay Marriage - December
15, 2008
A Liberal’s Guide to
Surviving the Holidays - December 1, 2008
Sarah Palin and
Thanksgiving Dinner Reconsidered - November 24, 2008
Eleventh-Hour Bush Order Further Erodes
Women’s Reproductive Rights - November 21, 2008
Hillary Clinton for
Secretary of State? Pros and Cons - November 17, 2008
Come Together Right
Now . . . Over Obama? - November 10, 2008
Victory Is At Hand, So
Why Are Democrats Fretting? - November 3, 2008
For Beleaguered
Western Pennsylvania, Campaign Can’t End Soon Enough - October
27, 2008
Why Colin Powell’s
Obama Endorsement is Important - October 21, 2008
Presidents Can’t Be
Heroes in Today’s Partisan Atmosphere - October 13, 2008
I See A Woman, But
Where Are Women’s Issues? - October 6, 2008
The Death of the Myth
of Liberal Elitism - September 29, 2008
Sarah Palin: A Woman
VP Candidate, Not a Woman’s VP Candidate - September 22, 2008
Miley Cyrus and the
Ongoing Sexualization of Girls - May 5, 2008
Bulging Brides
is Ridiculous, Revealing Much About the Women’s Entertainment
Network - April 28, 2008
Is John McCain’s Hot
Temper a Presidential Quality? - April 21, 2008
Barack Obama and the
Many Fake Working Man’s Heroes - April 14, 2008
No Place In the U.S.
Campaign for Adolf Hitler (Someone Tell Ann Coulter) - April 7,
2008
Presidential Campaign
Turns Dull, So My Attention Turns to American Idol -
April 1, 2008
Seven Years of
Democratic Unity: Where Has It Gone? - March 31, 2008
Women’s Reproductive
Rights vs. Doctors and Their ‘Conscience’ - March 24, 2008
The Dangers of
Abstinence-Only Education to Young Women - March 17, 2008
Forget the Rest of New
York; What About Eliot Spitzer’s Wife? - March 14, 2008
America’s Angry
Campaign: Is This How a World Leader Acts? - March 10, 2008
Will Saturday Night
Live Gig Save Hillary’s Campaign, or Just Save Face? - March
3, 2008
Barack Obama Makes the
Case: Experience and Inspiration Can Coexist - February 25, 2008
Bush AIDS Program
Laudable, But Abstinence-Only Insistence is Wrong - February 18,
2008
Think It’s Rough for
McCain, Clinton and Obama? Take a Look at Pakistan - February
11, 2008
Super Tuesday: Should a Woman Vote on
Race or Gender? I Know! Issues! - February 5, 2008
Heath Ledger’s Death
and the Cultural Double Standard - January 23, 2008
Dean Hrbacek, Carmen
Kontur-Gronquist: The Borrowed Body and the Lingerie Mayor -
January 21, 2008
Healthy Food: A
Primary Concern - January 15, 2008
Hillary Clinton’s
Teargate 2008 Shows Sexism Still Alive (Racism Too) - January
14, 2008
John Edwards Smartly
Wrests Mantle of Change from Hillary - January 7, 2008
My New Years’
Resolutions for Everyone Else - December 31, 2007
Lesson One: Jamie Lynn
Spears Didn’t Get Pregnant By Herself - December 24, 2007
Bill O’Reilly and the
Phony ‘War on Christmas’ - December 17, 2007
Extra Pounds OK for
Kevin James, But Not Jennifer Love Hewitt? - December 5, 2007
Hillary Clinton Aced
Hostage Situation, But the Real Lesson Is That the Stakes are
Serious - December 3, 2007
Whining Gone Wild: Joe Francis
Doesn’t Have It So Tough - November 26, 2007
Cincinnati Rape Case: Another
Blame-the-Victim Travesty - November 19, 2007
Hurray for Facebook Crusades!
Someone Tell Tom Friedman Youth Activism is Alive - November 12, 2007
Why Are We Buying What Don Imus Is Selling? -
November 5, 2007
Sexy Halloween Costumes? OK, But Not For Kids -
October 29, 2007
Just Whose ‘Values’ Matter at the Values Voters
Summit? - October 22, 2007
I Changed My Mind: Al Gore Should Save the Earth,
Not Run for President - October 15, 2007
YouTube Generation Fights Crime, Police Brutality
With Camera Phones - October 8, 2007
Nolita’s Campaign to End Anorexia Ultimately
Glamorizes It - October 1, 2007
Justice and the Jena 6: Why Is Only One Race Held
Accountable? - September 24, 2007
UC-Irvine Gets It Wrong by Revoking Offer to
Liberal Dean Candidate - September 17, 2007
Someone Tell Southwest Airlines that Choice is the
Essence of Feminism - September 10, 2007
Wrecked Credibility, Not Rabid Liberals, Doomed
Alberto Gonzales - August 30, 2007
Miss Teen USA: Let This Be the Last - August 27,
2007
If NASA Mistake Really Disproves Global Warming,
Believers Would Rejoice - August 20, 2007
Ask a Steeler Fan: Presidential Campaign
Developments Now Mean Nothing - August 13, 2007
Children’s Health Insurance Bill a Far Cry from
Socialist Medicine - August 6, 2007
YouTube Debate Puts People Back into Politics -
July 30, 2007
A Different Kind of Sex Scandal: Sex Appeal and
the 2008 Election - July 23, 2007
LateNightShots: A Disturbing Look at the
Republican Party’s Next Generation - July 16, 2007
Despite Pollution and Pampered Celebs, Live Earth
Was Worth It - July 9, 2007
America's Disapproval Notwithstanding, Bush Remains Unfazed - July 2,
2007
U.S. Hypocrisy in Overseas Abortion Funding - June 25, 2007
Fox News Hardly a Victim as Angelina Jolie Puts Limits on Premiere Press
Coverage - June 18, 2007
Surgeon General Nominee Deserves the Isaiah Washington Treatment - June
11, 2007
Reality TV: An Easy Target... Too Easy - June 4, 2007
Iraq War Funding: Democrats Emerge the Bigger People - May 28, 2007
Run, Al! Run! Why Al Gore Should Be Our Next President - May 21, 2007
Hungry for Answers: Why was Philip Workman Put to Death? - May 14, 2007
Foes of Hate Crime Bill Prove It's Needed - May 7, 2007
Giuliani Brings Politics of Fear to the 2008 Campaign - April 30, 2007
Global Warming: A National Security Threat? - April 23,
2007
