Home is where catcalling isn’t
Sex on Tuesday
I struggled to surrender myself to my femininity; without realizing it, I was bringing the defensiveness I met the outside world with into our studio.
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Straight men in queer cosplay
Sex on Tuesday
While perhaps not homophobes, straight men feel an inclination to portray queer men in a sexual or feminine context as a joke in order to distance themselves from queerness.
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‘Softball lesbians’ are more than a concerning stereotype
Ole ole, ole ole, softball players do not always swing the other way. Like all stereotypes, the lesbian label deeply affects all softball players.
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Desirability of a gay feminine Asian man
Sex on Tuesday
Before I even entered middle school, I recognized that I was seen as undesirable. Even though my Asian family members were quick to reassure me of my attractiveness, they would also call the majority of Asian men ugly.
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Test tubes and makeup rules
A Modern Feminist?
We have been taught to think, from a very young age, that an intelligent person, a scientist, looks a certain way, which often isn’t very feminine.
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Down with the binary
Thinking Outside the Binary
I don’t want to carry on the tradition of the gender binary. I want to analyze it, question it and reject it altogether, all the while encouraging others to do the same.
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To be the ‘Cool Girl’
Impulsive Coward
“Cool Girl” is no longer a defining compliment in my eyes. I’ve instead accepted it as a product of the male gaze.
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Pain is beauty
Thinking Outside the Binary
Maybe if I stopped all attempts at femininity, my appearance would no longer be in focus. I could blend in the background, a vague outline of a person.
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Make some noise
Sex on Tuesday
Aside from the role that it can play in perpetuating rape culture, hypermasculinity helps explain why a lot of men may feel reluctant to vocally express pleasure during sex.
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The personal is complicated
Sex on Tuesday
As a petite woman, I have enough privilege to blind me from the grievances of my female peers who do not have the same body privilege.
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