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• [guest Post] We Need To Talk About Incest Survival

  [Content note: incest, sexual assault, self-harm, eating disorders]Someone I know and respect asked me to publish this anonymous guest post. Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Creating More Accurate Media Representations of Stigmatized Identities

  Greta recently wrote about Yes, We’re Open, a new indie film about a couple in an open relationship. She wrote:A lot of why it was frustrating can be summed up... Read more

  Posted on 06 February 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Feminism and Victimhood

  What’s this I keep hearing about feminism promoting “victimhood”?Anti-feminists often suggest that feminism encourages women to “see themselves as victims,” tha... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Correlation Is Not Causation: The Marriage Edition

  Steven Crowder–that guy who wrote an article on Fox News’ website gloating about his “perfect wedding” and sanctimoniously censuring people who have sex before... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Correlation Is Not Causation: The Marriage Edition

  Steven Crowder–that guy who wrote an article on Fox News’ website gloating about his “perfect wedding” and sanctimoniously censuring people who have sex before... Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• How To Not Be An Asshole To Immigrants

  

  Growing up as a first-generation immigrant in the suburban Midwest is weird. I was often the only person my classmates knew who had been born in another country... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Feminism Is Not About Who Pays The Bill

  

  So, I know that I’m really young and spent most of the feminist movement as a mere wish in my mother’s brain (well, hopefully). Read more

  Posted on 27 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Occasional Link Roundup

  Alright, I’ve been sick AND doing 5,000 7 grad school apps, so some of these links are actually from 2012. Ugh, embarrassing.Before I get started, a couple... Read more

  Posted on 23 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Supposed Virtue of Not Being Offended

  Alternate title: YEAH WELL I’M NOT OFFENDED SO WHY DO YOU HAVE TO BE OFFENDED BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IF I’M NOT OFFENDED IT’S NOT A BIG DEAL AND WHY CAN’T WE JUST... Read more

  Posted on 16 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• LGBT Celebrities Do Not Owe Coming Out To Anyone

  Everyone’s got an opinion on Jodie Foster’s speech at the Golden Globes last night. If you haven’t seen it, here’s a video with a transcript. Read more

  Posted on 15 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• “Love Yourself”: A Beautiful But Flawed Idea

  Ever since the 1990s, we–especially women–have been hearing about the importance of self-esteem. It’s associated with better mental health, relationship... Read more

  Posted on 11 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Why You Should Talk To Your Kids About Death

  I’ve been reading Christopher Hitchens’ God Is Not Great because, having been an atheist for a long time and through no particular effort of my own or anyone... Read more

  Posted on 10 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• The Role of Feminist Criticism

  

  In one of my recent pieces, I criticized a particular aspect of the love stories often found in popular books and movies. Whenever someone critiques pop... Read more

  Posted on 08 January 2013 PHILOSOPHY, SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Six Months

  

  Every New Year’s Eve, I write a post about the year that’s about to end. When I was younger, I mostly used these posts to talk about significant things that... Read more

  Posted on 01 January 2013 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Occasional Link Roundup

  Hello! I’m spending this week in my favorite city in the world, New York, so writing might be even slower than it has been lately. (For some reason I do better... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Writing A Better Love Story: On Pop Culture That Romanticizes Unhealthy...

  Imagine this story.You meet someone you really like and fall for them immediately. They’re attracted to you too and the sex is great. But you want something mor... Read more

  Posted on 31 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• How It Feels To Shed Your Skin

  Being a young and mobile person is a bit like having a never-ending case of whiplash.I don’t have a single identity or home or social circle; I have many, and... Read more

  Posted on 26 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• Christmas From The Outside

  Just some personal reflections on Christmas from an outsider.It is impossible to be a person living in the United States, of any ethnicity, religious... Read more

  Posted on 25 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• A Handy List of Everything Wrong with Creating a Database of People with Mental...

  It’s not like anyone expected the NRA to say anything intelligent during its long-awaited press conference on Friday, so I’m not exactly disappointed by what... Read more

  Posted on 24 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES

• How To Make Your Social Spaces More Welcoming To Shy, Socially Anxious, Or...

  Social interaction is hard for many people for many different reasons. Plenty has already been written on how these people can change themselves or learn how... Read more

  Posted on 22 December 2012 SOCIETY, WOMEN'S ISSUES