anxiety… Mental Health and Sexuality 9 Aug 20219 Aug 2021 We need to begin this post with a pure truth: definitions describe; they do not prescribe. Some definitions are by their nature comparative. For example, I could describe myself as…
#HeForShe Toxic Femininity Does Not Exist 26 Nov 2019 "Toxic masculinity" is shorthand for "the pressures of social expectations of traditional masculinity resulting in violence". As I talk through the matter with intelligent people who disagree, who claim that…
#HeForShe… The Demisexual Feminist 4 Jun 2019 I learned a new word recently! Hooray! Demisexual. Feel free to Google the term, the top results are safe for work. What one will find is various lists of criteria…
#HeForShe #NotAllMen 18 Feb 201914 Mar 2019 "Men are despicable." And then it comes: "Not all men!" It's more likely to come if the original speaker was a woman. I have often made the same arguments as…
#HeForShe… Because (An Open Letter to the Daughter I May Never Meet) [Redux] 17 Jan 201916 Apr 2019 Dear Alice Kathryn, Hey there, Ally Kat. You know, even before I met your mother I had dreams about you. Your mom and I would be laying on a couch…
#HeForShe… Feminism in the World of Disney 25 Jul 201814 Mar 2019 One of the areas that serves as a foundation for gender and race relation discussion is pop culture, and my childhood, like many, involved Disney and Pixar. Today, I want…
#HeForShe Schrödinger’s Gender Pay Gap 4 Jul 201814 Mar 2019 Today I write from atop the fence of the gender wage gap issue. Some wonder why feminism is still a thing and consider it a four-letter word. Some wonder why…
