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Tag Archives: Rape culture

Study prioritizes men’s libidos over women’s safety, blames feminism

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This week in ‘what were they thinking,’ we look at a news article titled Legalise Prostitution because 21st Century Men Need More Sex Says Think-Tank. (I’m pretending that the awkward […]

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No, really, I promise: Patriarchy hurts everybody

February 28, 2015by I was a high school feminist 3 Comments

A while back I wrote a post about how patriarchy hurts everybody. See, it seems like every now and then, we feminists are made to feel like we have to […]

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Five ways to teach your toddler about consent

November 22, 2014by I was a high school feminist 4 Comments

Last week, I wrote about why I think it’s important to teach toddlers about consent. This week, I’m outlining some of the ways that I try to do that with […]

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Should we teach toddlers about consent?

November 17, 2014by I was a high school feminist 9 Comments

As many of you know, I nanny for the coolest 2-year-old ever. As someone who doesn’t plan on ever having kids of her own (which is a topic for another […]

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Rape culture in real life: Poster edition

August 7, 2014by I was a high school feminist 3 Comments

The other day, a woman I work with (Hi Sarah!) asked me what I thought about the controversy surrounding an NHS anti-rape poster that bore the words “One in three […]

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Let’s talk about the misogyny involved in this weekend’s shooting.

May 25, 2014by I was a high school feminist 12 Comments

By now you’ve heard about the shootings in Isla Vista, California. You’ve heard about Elliot Rodger, the “lonely”, “spurned”, shooter. Perhaps you’ve even watched his chilling YouTube videos. In the […]

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Guest Post! We need to take street harassment seriously.

May 10, 2014by I was a high school feminist 11 Comments

Today I am SUPER excited to feature a guest post from the brilliant Sarah, one of my most awesome former students and a kickass feminist. Sarah wrote this editorial for […]

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Patriarchy hurts everybody.

April 26, 2014by I was a high school feminist 23 Comments

One of the big misperceptions about feminism is that it only worries about issues that affect girls and women. While it does often focus on those needs, the overarching aim […]

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Your body is not a “thing”

March 24, 2014by I was a high school feminist 13 Comments

The other day, this picture came up on my tumblr dash: I figured that this might be a good time to write a post about objectification, since it seems to […]

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What is a “virgin,” anyway?

March 15, 2014by I was a high school feminist Leave a comment

Anyone else think it’s kind of weird that we have a specific word to label someone who has never had sex? We don’t have words to label people who haven’t […]

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