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LATEST ARTICLES ( 570 )

• On Women Who Lie About Having Boyfriends

  [Content note: sexual harassment and assault]Lately one of those articles has been going around again about how women should stop saying “I have a boyfriend”... Read more

  Posted on 06 May 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• A Review of the White House’s Report on Campus Sexual Violence

  [Content note: sexual assault]I wasn’t really paying much attention to the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault because I think that... Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Promoting Mental Health in the Workplace

  [Content note: mental illness, including eating disorders]This post was requested by Kate [not FtB!Kate], who donated to my conference fundraiser. Read more

  Posted on 29 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• How Young Girls Internalize Rape Culture as “Normal”

  [Content note: sexual assault and harassment]My newest post at the Daily Dot is about a study showing how normalized sexual violence is for young women: They... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• On Demanding Solutions To Social Problems

  One of the most frustrating and most understandable responses I encounter in the course of activism goes something like this:“Okay I get that this is a problem... Read more

  Posted on 26 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Can You Be Happy for 100 Days in a Row?

  

  “Can you be happy for 100 days in a row?” the website wants to know, taunting me with its cheery font and yellow color scheme.No, I can’t.“You don’t have time... Read more

  Posted on 25 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Individualized Feminism

  Public scrutiny of individual women’s choices is a spectator sport in our society. Women’s aesthetic, sartorial, professional, parental, sexual, social, and... Read more

  Posted on 22 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• “You Would Call It Rape”: Sexual Assault in China Mieville’s “Perdido Street...

  

  [Content note: rape, torture; spoilers for Perdido Street Station]After reading almost nothing but nonfiction for years, I finally decided to check out China... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Online Bullying and Trauma: What’s At Stake?

  [Content note: online bullying/harassment]Since I wrote my last blog post, I’ve been treated to a number of enlightening debates about the issue of online... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Your Uninformed and Incorrect Opinions About Psychology

  [Content note: PTSD, online harassment bullying]This is going to be a little different from most of my posts because I’m angry about a number of things, most... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Help Miri Speak At Cons!

  As I mentioned in a recent link roundup, I’m doing a decent amount of speaking/paneling at cons this spring and summer, including Women in Secularism 3,... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• 18 Things Mark Saunders Seem To Not Understand (Because, Male Privilege)

  I have a response up at the Daily Dot to the latest ridiculous assertion that “female privilege” exists: Mark Saunders’ recent Thought Catalog piece, “18... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Disrupting Depression’s Negative Feedback Loop

  [Content note: depression]Recently I went through a spot of depression. I’m not sure if I’d call it “An Episode Of Clinical Depression” or not; when you have a... Read more

  Posted on 10 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• DSW Shoe Warehouse is Promoting Vaccine Denialist Jenny McCarthy

  

  This is a short post to alert folks about a pretty crappy thing that DSW, a place where I ordinarily like to buy shoes sometimes, is doing:Their Facebook post... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• I Admit It: I Was Wrong About My Sexual Orientation

  On this day when so many straight people are finally realizing that they are actually queer and reaping the resulting “wow dude seriously”‘s and “LMAO”‘s and... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Rejoice! The NYT Finally Published a Pretty Good Article About Sexuality

  The New York Times has an article about the effects of pornography on teenagers, and it’s actually such a well-written piece that I got really excited and wante... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Occasional Link Roundup

  First of all, the most important thing this week: donate to Karen Stollznow’s legal defense fund. Jason has a timeline of the whole story as it unfolds at his... Read more

  Posted on 30 March 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Disagreeing Without Delegitimizing: On That Racist Colbert Tweet and Reactions...

  

  [Content note: racist language, sexual harassment]It has all the makings of a social media firestorm: at some point last week, Stephen Colbert made a joke on hi... Read more

  Posted on 28 March 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• It’s Okay to Lean Out of Silicon Valley

  I have another Daily Dot article. This one’s about the the guy who wrote an article saying he doesn’t want his daughter to work in Silicon Valley. Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• On Shaming People Online “For Their Own Good”

  [Content note: online harassment and bullying]Online vigilantism in general is nothing new, but lately I’ve been noticing a disturbing trend of people trying... Read more

  Posted on 25 March 2014 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES