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Separating Church and State: How the Aurora Decision Failed Transgender Students

November 6, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Jen Richards On October 15, 2012, the board of Aurora East District 13, a high school in the western suburbs of Chicago, unanimously voted to adopt a policy that […]

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Bullying, Politics, Trans, Youths
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The Last Stall On the Right: An Open Letter To Roseanne Barr

November 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 13 Comments

by: Lindsey Dietzler Dear Roseanne, I grew up watching your television show. In fact, I have probably seen every episode of Roseanne, at least three times, no joke. Your politics […]

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Awareness, Letter, Media/Entertainment, Politics, Response, Trans, Women
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Why I’m Practicing Electoral Abstinence After Lena Dunham’s Ad

November 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

By: Ashley Weger I am watching this election season from the other side of Lake Ontario. It’s a land many of my fellow Americans imagine to be an ambrosial oasis, where […]

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Media/Entertainment, Politics, Women
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Home Sweet Homeland: The Marriage of Politics and Media

November 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Kera Mouge Lebanon’s Tourism Minister Fadi Abboud threatened to sue the producers of American television series “Homeland” on October 19, 2012 for their negative depiction of Beirut as a […]

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Art/Culture, Media/Entertainment, Politics, TV
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What Responses to Hurricane Sandy Tell Us

November 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Khai Devon  Over the past week or so, I’ve been glued to my Facebook news feed, real news feeds and texts from my friends in New York, Maryland and […]

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Media/Entertainment, Politics, Society, TV
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Five Reasons Mitt Flunked With Women During Last Week’s Debate

October 22, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Derrick Clifton From the “binders full of women” remark to his fumbling of Lorraine Osorio’s name, Mitt Romney’s debate performance was nothing short of terrible when it came to […]

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Politics, Women
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Queers Say No To Pinkwashing in Chicago

October 19, 2012by inourwordsblog 7 Comments

by: debbie southorn On Thursday, October 11th, Center on Halsted executive staff agreed to meet with an ad-hoc coalition of LGBTQ organizers.  We wanted to engage the Center in a […]

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Activism, Ally, Chicago, LGBT, Politics
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Is Slutwalk The End of Feminism?

October 17, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Yasmin Nair Without a critical self-awareness and a willingness to address and act upon the structural, economic, and political problems that face women and others, Slutwalk is in danger […]

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Activism, Event, Feminism, Gender, Politics, Rape Culture, Reproductive Rights
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It Doesn’t Matter Who Won The Debate

October 15, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Samuel Yates It doesn’t matter who won the debate. Last week I returned to my alma mater, Centre College, to participate in the festivities for the 2012 Vice Presidential […]

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LGBT, Life, Politics
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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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