Tag: gender issues
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Guess What? Your Stance on Abortion Rights Doesn’t Excuse Your Sexism
In the article “Hillary baits Bernie beautifully: ‘Shouting,’ sexism — and the simple sorry that would make Sanders look less jerky,” Amanda Marcotte writes, “During the first Democratic debate, Sanders responded to Clinton’s impassioned anti-gun argument by telling her that ‘all the shouting in the world’ won’t fix the issue. Now Clinton, to huge amounts…
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4 Things You Imply When You Say “You’ll Change Your Mind” to a Woman Who Doesn’t Want Kids
When I was a young girl, I had a fake bottle with fake milk to feed my fake babies. I remember drawing a picture of a pink house with purple heart-shaped windows. A tiny, girly dream house for a tiny (mostly) girly girl and her babies. I even had a name picked out for my…
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Lessons in Femininity and Combat Boots
I remember exactly what I wore to my first Ani Difranco concert. It was my junior year of high school. A group of us bought tickets to Ani’s show in Cedar Rapids. The popularity of Ani Difranco in my small hometown of Hudson, IA was a little suspect. I mean, how did we hear about…
Writer Pam Dewey 