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When Discounts Trump What Matters: The Grand Irony of Black Friday

December 10, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Kara Crawford  My first day working retail ever was a Black Friday, and I suppose it’s somewhat of a miracle that day didn’t scare me out of retail work […]

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Capitalism, Society
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That Sinking Feeling: The Effects of Grandparents

August 6, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Carrie Kaufman You should always own up to your lies. That’s what my grandfather taught me. Grandparents have special import in our family. My children are named after all […]

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Family, Parenting, Relationships, Society, Uncategorized, Women, Youths
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Let’s Get Some Shoes: On Being a Queer Feminist Femme Who Loves High Heels

July 20, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: David Chastity Sometimes Pandora makes terrible choices about what to advertise to me. Engagement rings, diapers, and luxury cars have all been known to show up on the breaks […]

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Feminism, Femme, Gender, LGBT, Life, Queers
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Underdog: What Dating a Deaf Man Taught Me About Ableism

May 7, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Justin Ray I saw Mark at a bar on Lower East Side of Manhattan wearing black pants and red low cut v-neck shirt that stretched over his large pecs. […]

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Dating, LGBT
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Becoming Dita F

November 8, 2011by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Greg M. Schumaker I thought I was a self-confident, sexually secure dude. Then I tried on a bra in Target. It’s a great bra. Some push-up concoction that turns […]

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Drag, Memoir

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