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Category Archives: Humor/Satire

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The Cats Have Very Little To Do With Why I Hate Them

May 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Sarah Hollenbeck “So, what do you say?” Aimee asked one January afternoon. We were sitting at my dining room table, eating chili. My friend Aimee was in dire financial […]

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Editorial, Humor/Satire, Life, Loose Ends
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40 Ways You Know You’re a Musical Theatre Nerd

May 11, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Emma Rose 1. You spell theatre with an -re at the end because that’s the “real way.” 2. You knew Hugh Jackman before he was Wolverine and still think […]

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Art/Culture, Humor/Satire, Life
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Spreading The Fever: Reasons We Should Embrace the Bieb

May 11, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Bobby Crowley I consider myself a strong and independent woman. I don’t follow trends just because they are popular. What is popularity anyway? It is a consensus that tells […]

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Coming Out, Humor/Satire, LGBT, Life, Media/Entertainment, Music, Uncategorized
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50 Signs You’re a Coffee Addict

May 8, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Nico Lang You pregame coffee with coffee or other forms of caffeine. You were once seen shotgunning a Diet Coke outside of a café to prepare for drinking more […]

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Humor/Satire, LGBT, Life, Loose Ends
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Moral Outrage, Our Newest National Pastime: Notes on the Colombian Prostitution Scandal

May 7, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Artemis Loud In Colombia this month, some members of the secret service were caught getting not-so-secretly serviced by prostitutes in a country where paying for sex is legal.  Needless […]

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Editorial, Humor/Satire, News, Sex
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Breaking Up With My Blackberry

May 4, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Zachary Stafford Dear BB, As I sit here in the airport waiting on my flight to Nashville, I listen to Lauryn Hill’s song “The Ex-Factor” and I reflect on […]

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Humor/Satire, LGBT, Life
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Women Are Corporations, Too: How Big Business Can Save Vaginas Everywhere

May 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Mark Nott Miss Smith awoke one sunny spring morning and found herself in the spotlight. She wasn’t a celebrity and she had done nothing particularly noteworthy. No, Miss Smith […]

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Activism, Humor/Satire, LGBT, Politics, Women
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An Inconsiderate Bitch: How My Style Obviously Invites Harassment

April 30, 2012by inourwordsblog 4 Comments

by: Bobby Crowley I have had a revelation today.  I was prancing around in my short dress with ripped hose, cleavage popping out like a broken jack in the box, […]

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Body Positivity, Humor/Satire, Life
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I Want Ira Glass to Be My Dad

April 11, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Nico Lang Note: This piece was originally published on Thought Catalog, and I also performed it last night at The Word Is Out, a new Queer Live Lit/Spoken Word […]

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Family, Humor/Satire, LGBT
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The One That Got Crappy: Recasting the Beyonce-Tom Cruise Remake of “A Star Is Born”

April 9, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Mar Curran It has come to my attention that the basis of the upcoming film A Star Is Born is that a young pop star played by Beyonce is […]

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Art/Culture, Humor/Satire, LGBT

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