I have a several areas of my life that I’m looking hard at and reexamining right now. If this blogging experiment proves helpful, maybe I’ll follow up with a couple more personal explorations. I know I’m going to feel a little exposed, but here goes: During my last few years in Mormonism, I self-identified as [...]

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A recent article looks at the “traditional family structure” and how those areas which are not subscribing to it are doing better (economically speaking as well as in declining divorce rates). Arguing that “Inequality [of the Sexes] Starts at Home”, Carbone’s paper argues that gender equality starts there, too. A good and inspiring/uplifting read. via. [...]

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One of my 1L friends (who is helping start the secret freethinker’s group on campus) posted this on facebook. An atheist and a feminist! I shouldn’t be surprised, I guess. The two go hand-in-hand, especially given religion’s track record when it comes to gender relations. Anyway, long, but absolutely worth the read: the Original Sin [...]

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Sexual Assault Prevention Tips Guaranteed to Work! Brilliant: 3. If you pull over to help someone with car problems, remember not to assault them! … 8. Always be honest with people! Don’t pretend to be a caring friend in order to gain the trust of someone you want to assault. Consider telling them you plan [...]

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Lest there be any confusion (and in case it lends weight to my words), I am a woman-born-woman. What follows comes from that position. I’m posting this here because I don’t want to threadjack but also because I’d like to explore a comment that was perceived as sexist. Over on the Exponent, G has a [...]

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That is, advice to women on how not to get raped. Hint: Just stop having a vagina! via.

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The repackaging of the purity movement. Not sure where I got this…

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I don’t know why this story hit home for me so much—I have never been pregnant nor have I ever dated someone who tried to control me. But it did and it’s a harrowing (and true) story.

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I may be late to the party on some of these, but I thought they were worth sharing around: Someone cut together Buffy and shots of Edward Cullen from Twilight to show us how the movie should have gone. Watch it at full screen for the full effect and stay tuned through the end to [...]

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Goddess? or Whore? Isn’t that always the question…?

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