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It Gets Butter: A Family Meal

December 11, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Khai Devon  For every special occasion, there is one meal my family eats. For just about every birthday dinner, out-of-town-guest (don’t lie, you totally ate better on those evenings […]

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Family, It Gets Butter
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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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Sacred Space: Room at the Table for Everyone

October 23, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Khai Devon Standing across the street from an unassuming church building, I nervously suck down a cigarette and eye the young mother helping her two children up the stairs. […]

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identity, Interfaith, LGBT, Religion, Uncategorized
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Breakups Suck. Don’t Make It Worse

October 18, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by Khai Devon   Breakups are never fun, whether you’re the dumper or the dumpee. Telling someone, or hearing from someone, “I don’t want to see you anymore,” sucks. But, […]

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Advice, Dating, Relationships
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Suffering for Consumerism: The Human Costs of Apple Products

October 15, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Khai Devon I work for the customer service department of a large cell-phone provider. All day long, I talk to people who have to have the latest technology, and […]

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Capitalism, Social Justice
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I Am A Child of Privilege

October 4, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Khai Devon I am a child of privilege. I am white. I identify strongly with the Hispanic part of my heritage, but I have a pale complexion and blue […]

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Ally, Gender, Personal
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Non-Binary Problems: How The “Breastfeeding Man” Challenges Societal Gender Roles

October 2, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Khai Devon Normally, when I write about (or read about) the struggles of trans people for full acceptance, it is about the struggles of binary-identified trans people to be […]

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Education, Parenting, Trans
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See Me As I Am: On Preferring Gender Neutral Pronouns

September 26, 2012by inourwordsblog 4 Comments

by: Khai Devon I prefer gender-neutral pronouns. Gender-neutral pronouns are my preference.  Please use gender-neutral pronouns when you are referring to me in the third person. I’m not a she. […]

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Advice, Awareness, Gender, Genderqueer
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Are Books These Days Empowering Young Women?

August 27, 2012by inourwordsblog 2 Comments

by: Khai Devon When I was 10 years old, I read Jane Eyre for the first time. It’s a silly book, really and I know this now because I’m 24, […]

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Art/Culture, Commentary, Feminism, Romance, 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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