As random as a ferret on crack...

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The What If Monster

We all live with a monster. For some, it’s a relatively benign little beasty. It hangs out quietly in the corner and is even kind of cute, like those Monsters Inc. monsters. It may pop out occasionally and say “Grrrr! What if you left the stove on? You most definitely did!”. He makes you panic for a moment until you have somebody go check on that for you, then you go back to life as normal. But…

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The Graduation Blues

So I did it. This past Saturday I finally graduated from college. I would like to thank whiskey, Google, Wikipedia, copious amounts of coffee and an obscene amount of pharmaceuticals. Ok, but really, I do owe it all to the people in my life. My husband believed in me and encouraged me when I wanted to give up, which was many, many times. My dad, step-mom, and grandparents were there with…

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Trans Women and HIV

So, to follow up on my last post about the intersectionality of HIV, I would like to talk a bit more about trans women and HIV. For those of you who don’t know me personally, or haven’t read the story of my friend Shelly’s death (I will be posting another, more detailed story about that later), I am a huge advocate for trans people because I lost somebody who I dearly loved to suicide who was…

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The Intersectionality of HIV

The Intersectionality of HIV

This term, I interned at an agency that provided testing and services for HIV. I expected to learn a lot, I expected to work hard, and I expected to meet some great people. All of that happened. What I didn’t expect was for it to break my heart. The center is at the very edge of a rural area here. What I had never put much thought into, being from the suburb of a major city, is how hard it can be…

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Tears in Target

I pick up one card, open it.  No, that won’t do.  It says “woman”.  That doesn’t quite fit, not just yet. I put it back. The next says “adult”.  No, certainly not.  The next is way too young, with its sparkly butterflies.  She would surely roll her eyes at that.  Finally I find a suitable card in the sea of cards that just can’t seem to express how I feel about this impending date.

I stroll on…

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Unarmed & Killed By Police

Aiyana Jones, 7 Tamir Rice, 12 Kimani Gray, 16 Mike Brown, 18 Ramarley Graham, 18 Timothy Stansbury, 19 John Crawford, 22 Oscar Grant, 22 Rekia Boyd, 22 Sean Bell, 23 Amadou Diallo, 23 Shantel Davis, 23 Patrick Dorisman, 26 Tarika Wilson, 26 Tamon Robinson, 27 Akai Gurley, 28 Shereese Francis, 30  Rumain Brisbon, 34 Ousmane Zongo, 43 Eric Garner, 43 Yvette Smith, 47 Sharmel Edwards, 49 Bernard Bailey, 54

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The Danger of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

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The Danger of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

I’m sure you have all seen the ads: ¨Pregnant?  Scared?  Free tests!¨.  The advertisements seem benign.  The centers seem like they are really there to help women.  They seem like they really care.  The truth is they lie to women and are a danger to our health.

These centers pose as legitimate medical clinics when they are not.  Most of the time they do not in fact even have medical personnel on…

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Eight Years Into Forever Eight years ago we said forever.  When I was younger such a pledge seemed frightening, seemed like such a risk.

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Hi Sam!

Thanks for taking the time to read this letter. As fellow YouTubers, we have much respect for others who put so much hard work into building their channel. It’s not easy, and you should be proud! That said, we’ve noticed that in your success, there has been a lack of respect in...

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These Are a Few of My Favorite Things The smell of puppy breath.  The sound of a cat purring, the soft, soothing, repetitive sound.  A sincere, unsolicited compliment.  

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Wage Gap: It's Not Just Gender

Wage Gap: It’s Not Just Gender

I am so pissed off that it is 2014 and we even have a wage gap.  I am disgusted that the Equal Pay Act was unanimously voted down by Senate Republicans last week.  I don’t understand what is so hard about paying everybody equally.  Somehow because I have a vagina it is ok to pay me 77 cents on the dollar of what a man makes?  I don’t think so!

Yes, I know some of you out there may argue (I have…

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Bisexuality Explained

As a bisexual woman, I hear a lot of “you’re just confused”, “you’re being greedy”, or my personal favorite “make up your mind”.  So I have been thinking of a way to explain it that everybody can understand.  Here is what I have come up with.

Say you are eating a piece of chocolate cake.  And this is the most delicious damn chocolate cake you have ever had.  Like you really really love that cake.

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GOP Senator Wants To Know What Equal Pay Bill Does For Men

WASHINGTON -- The only Republican at a Senate hearing on the Paycheck Fairness Act Tuesday had a pointed question: What does the bill do for men? Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.), the ranking member on the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Lab...

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The Blanket

A bit of fiction from me

The Blanket

Lydia wandered across the spare bedroom in her pink flannel pajamas and leopard print slippers. She shivered as a draft blew through the room, stale with the room’s disuse. She opened the closet door and went to…

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Let's Talk About Sex (Toys, That is)

This term I am taking a feminism and sexuality class, and my mind has been abuzz (pardon the pun)…

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