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Category Archive: Social Issues & Politics

Say Their Names

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I look up and there you are, falling into the abyss I see you I reach my arm towards you […]

Brandy Lewis July 20, 2020 Culture & Media, Poetry, Social Issues & Politics

I Need You To Respect My Choice To Be Childless

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Unlike some of the women in my life, I have never felt that deep primal yearning to be […]

mireillecharlotte December 4, 2019 Relationships & Community, Social Issues & Politics

On Being My Own Worst Critic

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I’m tired of this vicious internal cycle of unrealistic expectations, ultimate failure, abuse. I have the whole damn society to do that for me, and here I am, doing the work. Typical.

Jenika McCrayer (She/Her) June 5, 2019 Health & Wellness, Social Issues & Politics, Work & Money

The Word(s) I Can’t Say

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Unfortunately, sexual assault isn’t a very rare thing.

Becky April 10, 2019 Culture & Media, Social Issues & Politics

Walking Home Alone

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I spend most of my time staring into other people’s windows. I imagine better versions of myself living […]

alisonobvi March 7, 2019 Social Issues & Politics

On Slut-Shaming

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So, I am curious: when does one become a “slut”?

agatherochet January 9, 2019 Culture & Media, Relationships & Community, Social Issues & Politics

Learning To Tell My Own Story

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I couldn’t believe how healing the entire process was: the writing itself, the discussions prior to publishing, and then the conversations it allowed me to have after it was published. It felt like scrubbing myself clean after years of feeling a mix of blame and shame and disgust and numbness.

Madelaine Walker December 20, 2018 Relationships & Community, Social Issues & Politics

No, My Bisexuality Isn’t A Way To Meet One Of Your Male Fantasies.

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I don’t talk a lot about my bisexuality. For a long time I sort of kept it to […]

agatherochet November 16, 2018 Culture & Media, Relationships & Community, Social Issues & Politics

The R Word

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All I wanted was a half-priced drink after my 9-to-5. Yet I called an Uber because I know […]

Lady October 25, 2018 Relationships & Community, Social Issues & Politics

Coming Undone

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Morgan Jerkins breaks down feminism and more in her new book , This Will Be My Undoing, and I am listening.

Caitlin Zaugg July 19, 2018 Social Issues & Politics

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