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Don’t Hate Rob Portman: His Change is Strength

March 26, 2013by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Riley Thomas  Until several weeks ago, Republican Senator Rob Portman opposed same-sex marriage.  After he publically revealed his change of heart, there has been a backlash from the gay community.  Many […]

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Ally, Politics
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Unmaking Equality: Now All Can Kill

February 4, 2013by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Agnieszka Karoluk On Thursday, January 24th Defense Secretary Leon Panetta announced that the US military will lift the ban on women serving in combat. Many women’s groups and feminist […]

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Feminism, Politics
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Come With Me If You Want to Live: Ranting for a More Sustainable Economy

January 25, 2013by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Gabe Pastrana So this is something I’ve been thinking about for quite a while….a long while. Obviously our economy is in the shitter, and it doesn’t seem to be […]

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Politics
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Solidarity Through SNAP: A Personal Reflection On the Mayor Booker’s Challenge

December 4, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Mariann Devlin  Newark mayor Cory Booker accepted a Twitter challenge to live off food stamps for a week, which will limit him to $1.40 per meal. Until this story broke, […]

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Funfetti-Sprinkles: The Nicest Way I Can Talk About Attacks on Gaza

December 4, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: John Daniel Gore  Key: all hyphenated-nouns (not proper nouns) can be substituted with curse-words at the readers’ discretion; free-associations are encouraged. The gauntlet hit the floor when Israel blew […]

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Activism, Awareness, Politics
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Ask Jenn Vicious: An Anarchist Buys Land

November 30, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Jenn Vicious In Our Words is both lucky to have stumbled across and proud to republish the advice column of  Jenn Vicious.  In Jenn’s own words (from her Facebook) she […]

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Poetry: Friendship Bracelets

November 15, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Andy Karol She woke up feeling like the American dream, but even wet dreams dry when you open your eyes. She said I smell like a feminist- like singed […]

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No, Obama and Romney are Not “The Same”

November 14, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by Miriam Mogilevsky Some people seem to think that Republicans and Democrats are basically identical policy-wise, that Obama and Romney they’re both evil, and that it doesn’t matter which one of them becomes […]

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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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It’s Time to Get to Know the “Nones”

October 26, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Chris Stedman and Vlad Chituc Last year, the president of the largest atheist organization in the United States spoke to a group of students organized for the 2011 Secular Student […]

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Atheism, Interfaith

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