Over the past few days, I’ve seen folks all over the Internet declare that my alma mater is complicit in the war on women. Apparently it also supports “pedophilic marriage” and female genital mutilation (FGM). According to Fox News, “Brandeis University… Read More ›
Trigger Warning- This article deals with the themes of murder and sexual violence. A few weeks ago, I sat down at my laptop to begin research for one of my final papers and typed in: “Missing Aboriginal Women Canada.” One… Read More ›
** Trigger warning ** My story begins my senior year of high school in 1998. I grew up in Odenton, Maryland, a small town right outside of Annapolis. I went to Arundel Senior High, our school colors were kelly green… Read More ›
Note: Originally written for The Beauty Bean. Republished with permission. Photo credit: Feministing.com There’s bold, and then there’s Cabri Chamberlin. If you aren’t familiar with her name, you should file it under your brain’s index of “fearless.” She epitomizes… Read More ›
Earlier this month, the US-based crowd funding platform Catapult launched its COVER STORIES campaign to draw attention to human rights abuses faced by girls worldwide. It has garnered widespread attention, accumulating both praise for making International Women’s Day more than a “cover… Read More ›
In 1979, Reverend Jerry Falwell announced a “declaration of war” on homosexuality in America. While this war is losing credibility domestically, it’s gaining dangerous momentum abroad. On Monday, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed the anti-homosexuality bill sentencing those convicted of… Read More ›
On Monday, The Wall Street Journal’s James Taranto published a column in which he argued that a “balanced” approach to our country’s college rape crisis involves placing equal blame on the perpetrators and victims alike. In a crudely inappropriate drunk driving… Read More ›
It’s been a week since you bravely published an open letter detailing your sexual abuse at the hands of your father. I’ve read it over and over again, each time my heart simultaneously breaking and soaring for you. Breaking because… Read More ›
Today approximately 8,219 girls will face the risk of having their clitoris and labia removed and their vaginas infibulated with the use of primitive tools in unsanitary conditions. A majority of them will undergo this procedure against their will. While… Read More ›
I was excited. It was 1998 and I had just bought a brand new set of midgets to change into my Rollerblades. They’d make it easier for me to jump rails with. I was destined to become an infamous aggressive… Read More ›
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