“But consent is not a magic wand for eternal hotness, no matter how dreamy clear communication is. Consent is not always sexy. Sometimes asking for what you want sucks. Sometimes it hurts, sometimes you feel nauseous, sometimes you need to take big risks to ask for what you want. Sometimes you ask for something that … Continue reading
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My 3 C’s of Sexual Communication
I’ve been reading up on sexuality a lot recently. Currently I’m reading The Ethical Slut (which I really like by the way) and the authors talk a lot about communication as part of living a pleasure-filled life. So I started thinking about communication and I came up with 3 C’s that I would want any … Continue reading
Does your mother build you up, or tear you down?
Am I the only one who has a Negative Nancy for a mother? I’m tired of feeling depressed and beat down whenever I finish talking to my mother. People always seem shocked when I say that I don’t miss my mother and I only talk to her once a week or every two. But every … Continue reading
A Testimonial about Street Harassment
Originally posted on happyparadox:
It happens all the time. You don’t have to be a beautiful, voluptuous woman to have a douchebag gawk at you from across the street or be followed and constantly worry about strange men clicking pictures. Being a woman will do. Walking alone is a mini adventure of its own. Yesterday was a…
Gina Barreca: Everybody is a feminist
gulftoday.ae | Gina Barreca: Everybody is a feminist http://ow.ly/c1qZu Rather, in my opinion, we all should be trying to be feminists. There is no denying that there are men and women who firmly believe that a woman’s place is in the home and “who believe women’s only place is in the home, with her mouth … Continue reading
Freedom entails educating and informing
As I’ve gotten older, I’ve found myself questioning some of the things that I was taught when I was younger and even beliefs that I have held as an adult. I have realized that as adults we each need to think for ourselves and find our own beliefs, regardless of what society wants us to … Continue reading
How a feminist is born
“I kept doing what women often do around men who make us uncomfortable, but who haven’t quite crossed that social line into full-on threat: keep smiling, and move slowly. It’s the same way most children are taught to act with potentially dangerous animals.” This passage sums up my attitude towards most men perfectly. Until I … Continue reading
What is going on in the world?
There’s an Internet meme that goes “I don’t want to live on this planet anymore”. People post it when they hear or see something that makes them so disgusted with things that they see that they sincerely wish that they could live somewhere else where they could say that they are members of the human … Continue reading
Leaving the house
Leaving the house can be a depressing experience for most women. Women have to think about what they wear, what they carry out of the house and how they’ll interact with people they’ll meet so that they won’t be in physical danger. The reactions of women can vary depending on the culture that they come … Continue reading
Welcome to my blog!
So I started this blog as part of my class and I hope that I will continue to use it during my journalistic career. I’m going to try to find out what social issues I want to write about and share them in this space. I hope that everyone who follows me will come along … Continue reading
