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Guess What: Rape’s Not Funny When the Victim is a Man, Either

October 23, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Miriam Mogilevsky I know Jezebel is low-hanging fruit, but I can’t resist picking apart their new “Sexytime Dilemmas” column and its endorsement of sexual assault, which apparently is okay when […]

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Feminism, Men, Response, Sex, Women
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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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On Men Who Think Street Harassment Would Be Awesome

October 19, 2012by inourwordsblog 5 Comments

by Miriam Mogilevsky Whenever women are discussing street harassment and what causes it and how to prevent it, a man inevitably comes along to inform us that, actually, our feelings about harassment […]

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Equality, Feminism, Gender, Rape Culture, Society, Women
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Notable Assholes: On Being Called a “Shemale Stripper”

October 17, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Rebecca Kling I ran into quite a few notable assholes and bigots while touring. They were absolutely the exception, far outnumbered by the people who – in person, on Facebook, and […]

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Hate, LGBT, Life, Queers, Trans, Uncategorized, Women
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Fighting the Same Battle: On the Shooting of Malala Yousfzai

October 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Maggie Carr The recent shooting of Malala Yousafzai has torn me up. Deeply. You’d have to be an automaton to feel anything but grief. But she continues to hang […]

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Awareness, Feminism, War on Women, Women
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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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Is There a Point to Cheating?: Being Sex Positive and Against Infidelity

October 12, 2012by inourwordsblog 9 Comments

by: Bobby Crowley So, I was thinking about the word “slut” this week. I was thinking about the word “slut” and it sparked some mental churning. I began to think […]

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Body Positivity, Lesbian, LGBT, Queers, Women
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Art School Confidential: The First Time I Tried to Come Out to My Father

October 11, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Lindsey Gavel I remember the details of that day like it was yesterday. It was a Saturday. Chilly-ish for an early September day. Mom was working that morning, and […]

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Coming Out, Women
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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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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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