Interrupting Feminist says BULLSHIT!
Experiencing sexism or discrimination does not make you a perfect human. Women perpetuate sexist stereotypes, and are sometimes unwilling to change their sexist behavior. Women make up roughly half of...
View ArticleTrue love doesn’t wait.
Trigger warning- Christian virginity/purity culture throughout (which is absolutely not sarcasm as a trigger warning). __________________Also, I told you not to read this, Mom._______________ I talked...
View ArticleA letter to street harrassers
For the last eight months, I was blessed with the opportunity to work on a biological research station in Florida. Part of the charm of my job was that I lived in the middle of nowhere. Literally. When...
View ArticleSorry I’m NOT Sorry
On Monday, my friend posted an interesting article on her facebook page – 24 Lies People tell Women. I found the post to be entertaining but missing a few lies that have been shoved down my...
View ArticleHave Boobs — Will Travel Anyway
Tomorrow, I’m boarding a plane to Europe. It’s a reunion of sorts—my family is spread out on different parts of the globe and we’re converging in the middle for a week of museums, food, and...
View ArticleOpen Letter to Kickstarter
Dear Kickstarter CEO Perry Chen, We need to talk. Yesterday I would have considered myself your biggest fan. Now I’m not so sure about you. Why? Because you allowed Ken Hoinsky to raise $16,000 to...
View ArticleWelcome to the Misogyny Club
I socialize a lot with straight men – in my experience, more often than my queer lady friends do. A lot of my fellow queers say that straight men have been awful allies to them and are too blinded by...
View ArticleMisandry Roundtable Discussion
Recently, someone asked me about misandry. Why are feminists so dismissive of it? After all, society contains harmful messages about men and masculinity. Why act like they don’t exist? I thought about...
View ArticleLet’s talk about those “5 important things women don’t know about men”
The viral nature of the internet is an interesting phenomenon and The Good Men Project, like Jezabel and other hyper-popular blog groups (even DDP has gotten some awesome press lately) is no stranger...
View ArticleEnlightenment Reactionaries: Sexism and Racism in the Atheist Community
This is a guest post by Robin Marie. In the beginning, there was “Elevatorgate.” Rebecca Watson, a feminist atheist blogger, politely explained how not to hit on women. Richard Dawkins, the most...
View ArticleLet’s Talk About Those Differences Between Women and Girls, Men and Boys
Recently, someone I know shared an article with the following title: 11 Differences Between Dating a Girl and a Woman The post has gotten a lot of traction — so much so that The Huffington Post even...
View ArticleUCSB, Men’s Rights, and Misogyny’s Death Toll: When Does it Stop?
As many of you know, there was a shooting at UCSB last Friday night. The killer stabbed his three roommates to death and then went on a rampage killing three more people. Their names were George Chen,...
View Article#YesAllWomen Through the Eyes of a Transsexual
This is a guest post by Nicole Balcom. It was originally published here. A tiny part of my personality is growing rapidly, and I don’t like what it’s becoming: androphobia (the fear of men). I am...
View ArticleA sign of her own
This is a guest post by Nechama L. A few weeks ago, a series of signs were posted in Crown Heights, home to one of the largest chassidic (sect of Orthodox Judaism) communities in New York City,...
View ArticleBitches Be Crazy Defense: a Tale of Two Governors
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times for two noble public servants, Gov. Bob McDonnell and Gov. Chris Christie. Former Virginia governor Bob McDonnell was indicted and later found guilty...
View ArticleFeminists are Ruining Video Games
This is a guest post by Stevie. Content warning for misogynist abuse. There is a long-standing idea that women are a small, unimportant minority in the video game community. Recently, this idea has...
View ArticleDon’t judge me for staying
Content note: discussion of abusive relationships What do you do with a friend who’s dealing with abuse? In my case, my loving and wonderful friends all tell me, “You have to walk away,” “He’s an...
View ArticlePillow Princess: Navigating Queer Spaces and Unpacking Assumptions
This is a guest post by Ms. Boss Femme. Every so often, maybe at a happy hour or a house party, someone will pick up my hand, examine my fingers, and exclaim “Oh wow, you have straight girl nails! How...
View ArticleUSU Shooting Threat: This Isn’t A Game
This is a guest post by Nadine Santoro. Originally published in “the paper.” If you received an anonymous email threatening “the deadliest school shooting in American history” unless a feminist speaker...
View ArticleSpeaking Up
cw: harassment, rape mention I’ll never forget the first time I decided to stand up against street harrassment. It started on the metro platform. She looked about my age, late teens or early twenties....
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