Anyone’s Business: The Right to Fish
by: In Our Words Staff Welcome to Anyone’s Business, where you make your business known. It’s an article built by you, stemming from responses from a question we pose. This […]
Tag Archives: Misogyny
In Defense of the Use of the Term “Friendzone”
By J.N. Reyna Note: This piece was originally published on the author’s blog and reposted with permission. You can find the original here. Only recently did I become aware of “The […]
Non-Binary Problems: How The “Breastfeeding Man” Challenges Societal Gender Roles
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 […]
“Trampire:” Why the Public Slut Shaming of Kristen Stewart Matters for Young Women
by: Nico Lang For the most part, I don’t really care about the Robert Pattinson-Kristen Stewart breakup, because I don’t know them, I don’t like the Twilight movies and after suffering through David Cronenberg’sCosmopolis, […]
The Queer Community Has Issues: Let’s Face Them Together
by: Jamie Royce I—like so many other people, especially white people—was socialized into believing there are no systems of oppression, especially racism. For a long time I was under the […]
Queer Is Community: Responding to When in Boystown With Action
by: ellie june navidson Queer is Community was born a few weeks ago, partially as a response to the “When in Boystown” Tumblr. When in Boystown is a series of […]
A Conversation to Break Down Barriers: Queer Is Community @ Center on Halsted on May 27
by: In Our Words We’re creating a space to open a dialogue around racism, transphobia, homophobia, sexism, ableism, violence and any other limitations to community-building and to inspire positive change. […]
When in Boystown: Don’t Create Racism, Create Change
by: Nico Lang Note: Since this article was posted at the Huffington Post, the site’s creator has taken down the “Trannys” post, as well as a couple of the more […]
