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Category Archives: Women

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So You Have a Butch Bridesmaid…

August 23, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Butch Wonders Holy matrimony, Batman!  Lately I’ve gotten lots of questions from brides in heterosexual weddings asking what to do with a butch lesbian bridesmaid, since many of us […]

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Advice, Butch, Fashion, Lesbian, Women
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If I Work Out To Chris Brown Music, Am I Supporting An Abuser?

August 23, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Emily Heist Moss Note: This piece was originally featured on Role/Reboot and republished with permission. You can find the original here. The music we listen to, the stores we […]

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Activism, Art/Culture, Business, Media/Entertainment, Music, Social Justice, War on Women, Women
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Thank You: An Open Letter to Portia De Rossi

August 22, 2012by inourwordsblog 8 Comments

by: Caitlin Bergh I’m writing to you in a public forum to say thanks for changing my life. I feel less awkward posting this letter on the Internet than send […]

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Advice, Lesbian, Letter, LGBT, Life, Women
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Summer Beauty Tips for the Sweaty and Disheveled

August 22, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Samantha Irby AND POOR AS FUCK. Last summer I wrote a brilliantly hilarious, yet totally useful and informative, beauty post meant to help you beautiful girls survive these slimy […]

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Advice, Beauty Culture, Humor/Satire, Women
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Vagina: Not All That Shocking After All

August 21, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Khai Devon I’m going to talk about my vagina, in this piece. Be forewarned. I will probably mention the word vagina at least, say, twenty more times (you’re more […]

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Health, Society, War on Women, Women
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What Kind of Person to Hold Out For

August 20, 2012by inourwordsblog 3 Comments

by: Melanie Sue Hold out for someone who is proud of you. Someone who wants and expects people to love you just as much as they do. Someone who will […]

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Advice, Dating, Relationships, Romance, Women
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My Flesh and Blood: Why I Love My Mother’s Tattoos

August 20, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Mallory Eris I love tattoos. I love moms. As a matter of fact, I love my mom, my tattoo, and my mom’s tattoos. And while moms with tattoos are […]

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Family, Life, Memoir, Personal, Women
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My Deepest, Darkest Sexual Secret: I Have A Thing For Moms

August 20, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Mar Curran Internet, I am fairly vanilla when it comes to what I find sexy, or at least it seems that way in comparison to some of my friends’ […]

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Reality Check: What the Natalie Reed Controversy Says About Cis Male Privilege in the Atheist Community

August 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Andrew Tripp Yesterday, Natalie Reed brought to an issue that needs to make every single person, in the atheist movement or otherwise, take a massive fucking reality check. She […]

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Activism, Atheism, Feminism, Women
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The Perils of Not Being “Cute”: A Response to “Deconstructing a Diminuitive Stereotype”

August 16, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Kathryn Spindler Mimi Nguyen and I are friends.  When I read her essay, “The Problems With Being Called ‘Cute’: Deconstructing a Diminutive Stereotype,” I thought about it a great […]

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Feminism, Life, Response, Society, Women

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