Category: Weekly Post
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Is This Restaurant a Girl or a Boy?
Are all things secretly gendered? Should they be? Last summer, I worked as a waitress in an upscale restaurant in London. It was a really fun job and I enjoyed my coworkers and the customers (usually) and the food was delish. One day, I overheard a conversation between the owner and a regular where the…
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Where Does Feminism Fit In With Other Social Issues?
Does anyone else feel like they only ever hear bad news? This week, American headlines have been filled, once again, with news of horrific police brutality. I, as a white woman, cannot truly understand the pressures people of color face and the deadly fear folks in this community must feel when in what should be…
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Can Women “Have it All?”
Ah, the double standard of living your life. Maybe it’s not all that surprising to people reading my blog, but I love writing. It’s something I do professionally, for fun, and just to relax. It helps me get my thoughts out of my head to either move me toward my goals or just to stop…
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Does Anyone Know What Women’s Health Is?
Here are my thoughts on what it should be. If you didn’t know, my full-time job is in public health. I specialize in sexual and reproductive health and have spent years studying women’s sexual and reproductive health, so I often consider how we approach women’s healthcare and trends in the industry. This week, I’ve been…
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The Business of Relationships
This may be the extent of my business vocabulary, FYI There are so many rules around social norms and expectations and so many of them are unspoken. How does everyone keep track of them? Does anyone think to question them? Why is it expected that the man pays for a hetero date? Or that he…
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Am I the Drama?
It’s me, hi. I’m the problem. Recently, I was talking with a friend of mine, and he called me out on something I hadn’t really considered before. He said I sounded like a man-hater (gasp). Me? No. That’s an antifeminist stereotype, you dumb boy. I now think I might be part of the problem here.…
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It’s So Hard Being Pretty
So you agree? You think you’re really pretty? Before we jump in here, let’s set some ground rules: I think every person is beautiful. I think that there is beauty in scars and experiences and abilities and all types of appearances. There is no one definition of beauty because it’s entirely made up and changes…
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Why Do We Gate-Keep Feminism?
Are we letting The Patriarchy pick our fighter? I recently read an article on why Meghan Markle “can never” be a feminist. The article suggested that because of her position of wealth and power, the Duchess of Sussex is somehow incapable of believing and embodying feminist thought. (If you haven’t guessed by now, I disagree…
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Is Judy Blume the Only Woman Author Who’s Had Her Period?
How cliché, a feminist blog posting about menstruating. When I got my first period, I was about twelve and it was the middle of the school day. As any menstruator knows, the first bit of blood (at every period, not just the first) is typically a little lack luster. Brown, ambiguous, innocuous even. Discharge just…
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Is the World Only Safe for Cishet White Men? The Answer May Not Surprise You
Women are scared by everything because we are taught that it’s not safe ‘out there’ – can we feel safe anywhere? As a child, I was told I couldn’t walk to and from school because someone could notice a pattern, stalk me, and attack. Kind of heavy for an eight-year-old. But, as I’ve gotten older,…
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