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Category Archives: Surviving

More on Sugar Ray and Victim-blaming

So, at the end of Monday’s post on Sugar Ray Leonard, I linked to two articles.  One of those articles engages in the time honored tradition of assuming that the … Continue reading

June 17, 2011 · 1 Comment

Unwanted Attention is the Crux of Creep: Part the Fourth – Stalking

Stalking is not now, and has never been, a compliment. In response to the last Crux of Creep post a friend responded to the link in Livejournal that continuing to … Continue reading

May 30, 2011 · Leave a comment

#mooreandme on Twitter and why it matters

I’m going to talk about #mooreandme, and then send you on over to Sady Doyle’s blog Tiger Beatdown to read the genesis.  Why read me first?  Because I don’t want … Continue reading

December 22, 2010 · 1 Comment

Fat as a Form of Protection

There’s something that comes up in the literature about survivors of sexual assault that’s been bugging me for awhile:  the idea that survivors of sexual assault gain weight to protect … Continue reading

December 3, 2010 · 2 Comments

Twelfth Annual Transgender Day of Remembrance

When I talk about discourse that needs killing, this is what I mean. I have no interest in discussing anything with anyone who thinks that someone’s gender expression means they … Continue reading

November 21, 2010 · 1 Comment

I have got to get this off my chest.

As someone who is not working in a field even tangentially related to her area of study (Russian Feminist History), and as someone who can’t afford to work in her … Continue reading

October 20, 2010 · Leave a comment

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