Desire and Consent: Discussing Recent Rape Apologies
by: Rachel Luban Trigger Warning: discussion of sexual assault and victim-blaming follows. By now you may be acquainted with the firestorm set off by the Good Men Project’s publication of […]
Category Archives: Commentary
A Clearly Confused Paglia: Examining Her Latest Critique of Popstars
by: Mariann Devlin Camille Paglia, in a piece for the Hollywood Reporter, slammed both Taylor Swift and Katy Perry for lacking the kind of gritty eroticism as their pop-music colleagues […]
The Accidental Anti-Feminist Wave: Blowing Your Troubles Away
by: Sophie Turton There are certain issues in life that are just fact, no matter how much we discuss and berate and liberate, the fact remains just that. Factually women […]
Not Keeping Up With the Kardashians: The 5 Best Things About Deactivating My Facebook
by: Joshua Isaacson It has been a while since I have contributed to In Our Words. I’ve been crazy busy with a large course load this semester, tutoring, volunteering, and […]
How to Anger Bang Your Way to November
by: Kevin Sparrow Those who have met me would likely find me easy-going and amenable in most situations. I’m a free love type of guy. But I do have a […]
The New Normal: Racist, Homophobic and Unfunny
by: Timothy I don’t really talk about TV other than to say that it is brilliant because it also happens to be Louie and/or RuPaul’s Drag Race. But allow me to […]
10 Ways to ‘Do’ International Service
By: Kara Crawford On September 5, I will be celebrating a full year of my service in Colombia. Just shy of a year ago, I left my family, my friends, […]
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It’s a Unicorn, Not a Throuple
by: David Chastity Guys we need to talk. Specifically, about this really terrible word everyone has suddenly decided they love: “thruple.” (Or is it “throuple?” God, I don’t even want […]
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 […]
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 […]
