A Million Little Soliloquies

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Tough conversations, like those on rape, can happen because of and in spite of the Internet.

This Much I Know To Be True

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Despite the fact that manhood has become a third rail of modern society, I refuse to stop talking about it.

2012: A Year of Outrages

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It was a year of zany attacks from all sides. I’m thinking that might just mean we are onto something.

Hugo Schwyzer!

Trigger warning for rape and abuse. Hugo Schwyzer has been very unpopular lately. A quick summary for those of us who don’t follow giant Internet slapfights while giggling: it started with Feministe, where the fabulous Clarisse Thorn cross-posted her interview with Hugo Schwyzer from Role/Reboot. The Feministe commenters dislike him because of his history of [...]

Feministe on the Hotness of Gender-Non-Conforming Men

Rebecca Katherine Hirsch, guest-blogging at Feministe, has a really awesome post on the hotness of gender-non-conformity. Quotes and commentary and stuff below the cut.

The Right to Say No

Feministe has been posting recently about men who don’t like particular sex acts, namely, period sex and cunnilingus. Everyone has the right to say no. This includes men. For what it was worth, I think Jill did make a gesture towards there being people with “legitimate” reasons (spine issues, disliking the sight of blood) not to like [...]

On Sexual Objectification

Trigger warning for mentions of rape.  Via Feministe, we have a really startling example of misandry from some gentleman at Aggie Catholics: Something I never really wanted to post about, but feel I have to, because I don’t think that young women quite understand the problem. Yesterday when I logged onto Facebook, I had several pictures [...]

Ethical Pickup Artistry

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Where can men find non-misogynist advice for hitting on women?