A Process of Healing: Sharing a Story During Sexual Assault Awareness Month
by: Knight Fox I remember the day I stopped believing I was worthwhile, and became an object in my own eyes. It was the same day I turned eight years […]
Category Archives: Editorial
Making Friends and Influencing Your Grade: How to Work on Group Projects
by: Mar Curran Like most people who are shy, I hate group projects. I am also very set in my ways when it comes to how I work for school: […]
A Man Who Doesn’t Boink?: Weighing in on Tim Gunn’s Relatively Ordinary 29 Years of Celibacy
by: Figleaf Note: This piece was originally posted on RealAdultSex.com and Role/Reboot and was re-posted with permission. You can find the original here. Kind of weird what you get when you run that L.A. Times article about […]
How Feminism Made Me a Better Gay Man
by: Zachary Stafford “Gender, sex, and sexuality: what’s the difference?” That’s how my first Women’s Studies class started during my freshman year of college, around four years ago. I sat […]
A Tool for Dignity and Justice: Reading the Social Critique in The Hunger Games
by: Emma Rose Do you remember that kid in your high school literature class who geeked out over books like 1984 and Brave New World? The one who thought the […]
F.A.T.: Finally Aware of My Truth
by: Bobby Crowley I’m a big girl. I don’t mean maturity or age-wise. I’m talking about my hips, thighs, tits, and of course the dreaded belly. I’m not asking for […]
I Get Wet (and Old): How I Confronted Mortality at an Andrew W.K. Show
by: Dominick Mayer I’ve hit the moment where I feel old at rock shows. Granted, I knew this was coming. And yeah, I’m 23, so if you read no further, […]
Salty Wounds: When Sympathetic Whiteness Goes Wrong
by: Camille DeBose Note: This post was originally featured on the author’s website and has been reposted with permission. You can find the original here. There is a discussion flowing […]
Why Gay Folks Should Care About Trayvon Martin
by: Zachary Stafford Note: This piece was originally featured on The Huffington Post and was republished with permission. You can find the original here. Monday was rough. I had not […]
No Scrubs Allowed: How to Come Correct, If You Want to Get With Us
by: Our Staff As people of discerning tastes we, the writers of In Our Words, have very high standards for our partners. Sometimes too high, sometimes ridiculous, sometimes confusing, but […]
