The Dead Can’t Talk. It’s Time To Listen To Survivors.
Sexual assault is like a death. A death of who you would have been. Who you were before. It is a violation of the body and the mind, but most profoundly, the soul.
Dear Men, This Is Why We’re Tired
Emotional labor is unseen. It’s the energy women spend managing other’s feelings and emotions, making people comfortable, or living up to society’s expectations…
An Open Letter To Donald Trump From Some Angry Women.
Dear Mr. Trump… can I call you Mr. Trump? Is that ok? I want you to be happy, that’s very important to me. Before I get started, let me say this letter isn’t from all women. The Trumpettes surely won’t approve of this message. But this is from most women. We see right through you. […]
Boys Will Be Boys… The Danger of Low Expectations
“Boy, you’re gonna carry that weight. Carry that weight a long time…” -The Beatles, Carry That Weight Boys are getting a bad rap. They are being reduced to the lowest common denominator. They are suffering the permissibility of low expectations. They have no self control. They have violent urges. They have uncontainable sexual tendencies. Boys […]
America, This Is Your Rape Culture
“Me and a gun and a man On my back But I haven’t seen Barbados So I must get out of this Yes I wore a slinky red thing Does that mean I should spread For you, your friends your father, Mr. Ed” -Tori Amos, Me and A Gun My daughter had this funny thing […]
Feminist Friday…. Why?
Feminism… sigh…. Why has such an important word that signifies so many good and important things become so vilified? You would think that at this point in our country, in our culture, in society as a whole- that this discussion wouldn’t be necessary. But alas, it is. It seems like you can’t read the […]