Day One [email protected]: oh my gosh! did you see her today?! gosh! i hate seeing her face. everybody hates you! [email protected]: nobody likes you! you and your black lips can fly away!!! [email protected]: in reply to [email protected]: “nobody likes you! you and your black lips can fly away!!!” hahahahah black lips 😀 [email protected]: i ACCIDENTALLY […]
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So many young people are taking their own lives before their life even truly begins. Why is that? Maybe it’s a home situation, maybe it’s a result of being bullied, or maybe it’s just a side effect of a chemical flaw. Whatever the cause is, the end result is still the same. We are facing […]
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About this piece: As a teenager, Prithiva suffered abuse in her first relationship. After 5 years that relationship ended. This is a letter back to her ex, her abuser, telling him how she has grown over these years and how she is thankful for whatever he taught her. . You were the only relationship I had, […]
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Many of you may have heard of “pro-ana” sites and blogs that support and encourage eating disorders. Now, the way I see it, these sites extend from one source: pain. All people feel pain; it’s just a fact of life that everyone has to deal with. We all wish we didn’t have to, but, unfortunately, […]
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Guess what? It’s September, and you know what that means. School’s starting, and a whole new crop of freshman have just moved into their brand new (to them!) college campuses, including yours truly. Whether you’re going to school outside of your home state, in a different city, or even just a few miles away from […]
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It’s just a sad fact of life that rape happens all over the world. Even with the campaigns against sexual assault and the constant reminders of obtaining sexual consent, the rate of crimes involving rape are still far from lessening — mostly felt in developing countries. It’s especially appalling and alarming to know that, in India, a […]
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In this day and age, most of our lives are spent on social media and other Internet-based outlets. We have so much information online for everyone to see, and it’s crucial that you know how to keep that info private and away from harm. Know who is getting your information: Whether it be credit card numbers, […]
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On April 11th, 2015, four feminists — Nathalie Gordon, Lydia Pang, Abigail Bergstrom, and Karlie McCulloch, alongside renowned photographer Perou — took to the streets to take photos of women for the Rape Crisis center in South London. Through his pop-up photography studio, he got to know more about these women’s stories and their thoughts on rape culture. […]
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Hello, Germs, and welcome back! The other day we talked about a pretty heavy topic: sexual assault. To recap, part one focused on how the only discussion about rape is about the victims rather than about the perpetrators themselves. To once again quote Jackson Katz: “The dominant group is rarely challenged to even think about its […]
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