Where Does Identity Policing Come From?
by: Butch Wonders I bet we’ve all experienced at least one of the following: (1) Being told we don’t “belong” to a group we think we belong to. (2) Having […]
Monthly Archives: August 2012
Get Over Yourselves, Homophobia Doesn’t Make You An Asshole
by: Carrie Kaufman “I hate the word homophobia. It’s not a real phobia. You are not scared. You are an asshole.” That meme has been going around the internets for […]
Straight Up Queer
by: Ariana Barreto In the 90’s the label “queer” began as a negatively conotated slur/insult. It was originally meant as being different or weird. Much like other negative slurs have […]
Coconut Love: Tales of a Closeted Virgin
by: Caitlin Bergh When I was a sophomore in college, I was sitting in my room doing homework one afternoon when I overheard some friends in the hallway talking about […]
Remembering My Internet Boyfriend
by: Zach Stafford The other night, while at dinner with my roommate and a friend, the subject of Lena Dunham’s show Girls came up. At the time, I had not seen the […]
An Imperfect Deconstruction: The Cultural Effects of On The Road
by: Kevin Doherty In his day, Jack Kerouac defined a new generation of writers: the Beat generation. He and authors like him grew up reading the works of Francis Scott […]
Colonic Unrest: The Filthy Consequences of Doorless Stalls
by: Patrick Gill I, with some frequency, go to Boystown bars. I also, with greater frequency, have to evacuate my colon, and do so in toilets. I like to make […]
Gendercide Disguised As Fetal Healthcare
by: Cassandra Warren I recently read a short article summarizing the findings from a paper in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Forum for Ethical and Legal Debate, which […]
Slasher Style Ethics: The Conservative Discussion of Rape
by: Johnny Gall There’s no reason for me to rehash why exactly the comments of Todd Akin are awful and extremely offensive to rape victims everywhere, and indeed to anyone […]
Swan Lake Effect: Ballet and Masculinity in the US
by: Rohan Lewis In these Summer Olympics in London, history was made when Darcy Bussell, ballet legend who also serves as a judge on the Brit TV show Strictly Come […]
