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Category Archives: Politics

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Don’t Hate Rob Portman: His Change is Strength

March 26, 2013by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Riley Thomas  Until several weeks ago, Republican Senator Rob Portman opposed same-sex marriage.  After he publically revealed his change of heart, there has been a backlash from the gay community.  Many […]

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Ally, Politics
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Write On: A Response to “How Graffitti Empowers Big Government”

February 11, 2013by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Ashley Brayley  Reason.com published an article on “How Graffitti Empowers Big Government” at the end of January.  It was  obviously written by someone who is in the mindset of […]

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Activism, Art/Culture, Politics
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Sarah Palin: A Woman of Caricature

February 7, 2013by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by:  Sean O’Toole The strangest mental image struck me recently whilst I was watching a scene in Game Change, the HBO TV movie about the rise of Former governor of […]

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Media/Entertainment, Politics
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Unmaking Equality: Now All Can Kill

February 4, 2013by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Agnieszka Karoluk On Thursday, January 24th Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the US military will lift the ban on women serving in combat. Many women’s groups and feminist […]

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Feminism, Politics
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The Anti-Dread: Preparing, A Person of Character

January 28, 2013by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: John Daniel Gore  Preparing to be center-stage is overwhelming. Lives are punctuated with spotlight moments of different hues, like giving a career-making presentation or, contrarily, eulogizing a beloved relative. […]

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Personal, Politics
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Come With Me If You Want to Live: Ranting for a More Sustainable Economy

January 25, 2013by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Gabe Pastrana So this is something I’ve been thinking about for quite a while….a long while. Obviously our economy is in the shitter, and it doesn’t seem to be […]

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Politics
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Waiting in Line For the Ladies Room at the Capital: Negotiating 19 Percent

December 7, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Tania Zaparaniuk  It would be, awkward, if women made only up 19% of the people in this country. Even as I write this, and say that  - I’m hard-pressed to […]

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Activism, Gender, Politics, Women
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Funfetti-Sprinkles: The Nicest Way I Can Talk About Attacks on Gaza

December 4, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: John Daniel Gore  Key: all hyphenated-nouns (not proper nouns) can be substituted with curse-words at the readers’ discretion; free-associations are encouraged. The gauntlet hit the floor when Israel blew […]

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Activism, Awareness, Politics
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All Together Now: Tammy Baldwin and The Whole Community

November 12, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Alexandra Cavallaro I don’t know about you, but election night felt like a lesson in information management. I sat with two of my friends in their living room and […]

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Activism, Equality, Gay, Gender, LGBT, Marriage Equality, Politics, Trans, War on Women, Women
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We’re Not Really Going To Kill The Heckler: A Defense of Crass Humor

November 7, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Mariann Devlin I’m hard to offend. Even when I do draw the line between funny and not-funny, it’s usually on account of the joke being tired and unoriginal, not […]

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Art/Culture, Awareness, Feminism, Humor/Satire, Media/Entertainment, Men, Nightlife, Politics, TV, Women

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