I Miss You Already.
Remember when we didn’t even know each other? I was just some guest, and you were just Feministe? Without knowing it, we embarked on a journey together; what an adventure it’s been! But, like all good roller coasters, this ride has come to an end. It flew by so much faster than I expected; I [...]
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[Updated to add more info on uploading an image] We have now enabled gravatars for comments. That’s what the little pictures are next to your names. If you don’t already have a gravatar tied to the email address you use to comment, WordPress will have autogenerated a cute little monster icon and tied it to [...]
...read moreMe and You and Everyone We Don’t Know: A Reflection on Discourse
(Trigger/content warning: religious upbringing, childhood trauma) The past week has provided the opportunity for a lot of unexpected self-reflection. While a guest at Feministe, I am navigating more exposure, and more feedback, than I’ve ever experienced. Most aspects of this have been wonderful and fun. Predictably, some parts have been harder to swallow. I had [...]
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Feministe Feedback: Polygamy and Feminism
A reader sent me an email asking for my thoughts, and (with permission) I turn it over to the Feministe commentariat:
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Addressing Abuse
A reader writes in: In my early teenage years, a cis male friend started pushing me around. The abuse never happened in school, and there is only one person in my life who witnessed his behavior. It took me a few years to realize that I had experienced physical and sexual abuse at the hands [...]
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A reader writes in looking for help for a course: I’m teaching a course on recognizing privilege to 10-12 graders in the fall. In order to teach it effectively, I need examples of any sort of racist, sexist, homophobic and rape jokes made by actual comedians or on television; egregious ads; horrid articles; and any [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Sexual Assault Resources on Campus
A Feministe reader writes in: I go to school on a teeny tiny (<500 students) college campus where, I have noticed, there are really no resources for victims of sexual assault. there are campus counselors, but they’re pretty well overbooked and kind of hard to get ahold of; all the bathrooms have lists of related [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Job placement and assistance resources
A reader writes in: Four years ago I was raped by my ex-boyfriend in college and my life has been going sharply downhill ever since and I don’t know how to stop it.A year and a half ago, I was kicked out of school (raped, reported, they ignored it, said i would be better of [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Dealing with racist relatives during the holidays
A reader writes in: I’m dreading going home for Christmas this year. At Thanksgiving one of my family members made an ugly racist comment that really made my blood boil. I stated that the comment was racist and I was met with condescending laughter. I left the house for a while because I was so [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Talking to Students About Women in Popular Culture
A reader writes in looking for resources: I would love some help. I teach high school at small private school and in two weeks, I will be one of the chaperones on a four-day camping trip with about 80 10th graders. One aspect of this trip will be separating the boys and the girls and [...]
...read moreFeministe Feedback: Recourse for sexual harassment and assault at work
A Feministe reader writes in with a question: I work for a reputable medical school in central Texas, in the IT department. My department has expanded beyond the space we have in our office, so they moved three of us to a satellite office, for space reasons. I (the sole female techie) and two men [...]
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