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Category Archives: Media/Entertainment

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Let’s Start a Body Revolution: A Response to Lady Gaga Fat Shaming

October 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Kara Crawford At the end of September, Lady Gaga launched a campaign she is calling the “Body Revolution” in response to criticisms which she received for supposedly having “fattenedupandpiledonthepounds”. […]

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Body Positivity, Media/Entertainment, Music, Women
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Taking the Exploitation Cake: Why “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” Disgusts Me

October 15, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Joshua Isaacson If you have not taken a minute to stop keeping up with the Kardashians and to catch up with the Shannon family, I highly recommend you do. […]

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Media/Entertainment, Parenting, Society
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The Ashes of Memory: A Review of “How to Survive a Plague”

October 12, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by Ryan McDermott Reflecting on his own experiences living with HIV, author, editor, and political commentator Andrew Sullivan describes journalist and filmmaker David France’s latest documentary, How to Survive a […]

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Activism, Art/Culture, Education, History, HIV/AIDS, LGBT, Media/Entertainment, Politics
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Not Bullying Awareness: A Response to Wisconsin News Anchor Jennifer Livingston

October 11, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: J.N. Reyna By now, many of you have seen the video of La Crosse, Wisconsin’s WKBT News anchor Jennifer Livingston responding on air to an email she received from a viewer. In […]

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Body Positivity, Media/Entertainment, TV, Women
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A Teachable Moment: What I Learned From Auditioning for RuPaul’s Drag Race

October 10, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Precious Jewel For the last three years RuPaul’s Drag Race has occupied my mind as a potential and even ideal pulpit from which my worldwide tele-trans-evangelist ministry would be […]

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Drag, Gender, Media/Entertainment, Trans, TV
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What “Hair” Can Teach Us About Current Social Justice Struggles

October 9, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Agnieszka Karoluk We starve, look at one another, short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboratories Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy […]

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Art/Culture, Media/Entertainment, Music, Politics, Social Justice
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Why Makeup Is a Waste of My Time

October 9, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Emily Heist Moss This piece was originally published on Role/Reboot and was reposted with permission. You can find the original here. In this post, unless you truly find joy […]

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Beauty Culture, Media/Entertainment, Women
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The Innocence of Muslims: A Disgusted Film Commentary

October 4, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Lindsey Gavel The acting is pretty terrible. The green-screen work? Kinda looks like a child did it. The audio quality makes everyone sound like they’re speaking from the inside […]

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Activism, Art/Culture, Media/Entertainment
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How to Have Sex Like They Do In The Movies

October 2, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Miriam Mogilevsky My recent post on consent got me thinking about how open communication about sex isn’t just important because it establishes consent, but also because it’s what makes sex […]

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Advice, Dating, Media/Entertainment, Movies, Relationships, Sex
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Dear Media: Trans People Exist

October 1, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Jen Richards  Dear Media, Advertisers, Producers, Casting Directors, HR Managers, etc., It’s time you recognized the reality of transgender people. Nay, it’s high time you recognized the incredible beauty, […]

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Gender, Media/Entertainment, Trans, Women

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