Gender & Society
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You Can't Get to Heaven on Roller Skates or What I learned This Summer
A brief look at what happens when one's ego over powers one's voice of reason
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Gambling on a Dream
This article looks at life and life's dreams through a gambler's eyes.
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Gambling on a Dream
This article looks at life and life's dreams through a gambler's eyes.
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Spring Cleaning: Working Through the Winter Blahs
Got cabin fever? This article offers a few ideas about how to combat those "when is it gonna be spring?" blues.
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Much Ado About Deep Throat: Pornography and the Other Side of Paradise
Deep thoughts on "Deep Throat" and other pornography
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Home for the Holidays
A brief road map to dealing with stressful relatives.
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Bait and Switch Child
A heartfelt description of the journey to save a child's soul.
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If Kindergarten Teachers Ruled the World
This provides a satirical what might happen if kindergarten teachers ran the world instead of politicians.
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Lost And Found
This article looks at the struggle between fitting in and being oneself.
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Equal Rights, Not Special Rights, for Fundies
Tired of hearing about DOMA and sending emails to your Congressional representatives about the latest attempt to deny gays and lesbians the right to marry? Here's a radical "eye for an eye" solution that should please both sides: us queer folks will give up our fight for "special" rights as long as fundamentalist Christians give up the "special" rights that they already have.
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Something to BRAG about: Roadtrip 2004
a travel log of a biking/road trip to do the Bicycle Ride Across Georgia.
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Band-Aids for Burned Out Activists
An antidote to the burn out of living in a world that doesn't "get it."
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Don’t Go Breakin’ My Heart
Love and war and heartbreak songs.... grab your chocolate and your box of tissues.
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Ten Things You Can Do To Screw Up A Romantic Relationship
A tounge-in-cheek look at relationships.
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Season of Love
A deeper look at peace on earth and other holiday wishes.
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Hope's Resilience
This is an article for people who feel frustrated, overwhelmed or depressed by the social and political reality in which we live.
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Sunsets: A Woman's Search for Meaning
Do you feel frustrated because are so busy trying to acheive your goals? Have you ever asked the question, "What's the meaning of life?" or "What's the point?"
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Lifelines: The Power of Fiction to Tell the Truth
A bookreview/flashback to the 8th grade and discussion of the power of stories to heal wounded souls.
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Looking at Emotions From a Different Angle
A review of "Emotions Revealed" which looks at emotions,how they work and how we can work with them.
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Sex, Bombs and the Search for Meaning…
My country is dropping bombs on Baghdad and I’m thinking about sex and the lessons we can learn from it.
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A Voice of Hope in a Seemingly Hopeless World
A review of Barbara Kingsolver's "Small Wonder" and what it means in a world on the verge of war.
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Abortion: The CHOICE That Dares Not Speak Its Name
An existential look at the difference between choice and oppression. Oh, yeah, and a look at the new abortion debate.
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Forty-three in the Bush Is Worth One in Your Hand: Why G.W. failed Home Economics
A saucy look at the discrepancy between women's math and men's math.
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Where's Dick?
A musing on where Dick Cheney is and why he is in hiding.
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Sticks and Stones...
Have you ever really stopped to test the saying, 'Sticks and stones can break my bones but words can never hurt me'? Regina explores the hurtful power of words and makes suggestions as to how to subvert verbal attacks.
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You've come a long way, baby.
Kim brings us back to the sad and scary reality of women's health issues
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Letter From Mother
If mother earth could talk to us about the impact of war, this might be what she'd say!
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Struck by Lightning
An existential reflection on life in the modern world.
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Wrinkles in Time
This article is an exploration of risk and empowerment.
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Letter To Joan
This article explores the healing power of the words, "I believe."
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Legislating Love
Have an opinion on G.W.'s welfare reform proposal? I do!
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In dog We Trust
If talking about G.W. Bush and his plans for America lead to say, "Don't get me started," you'll either love this article or hate it.
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A Drawer Full of Memories
Late night musings on someone I loved.
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Don't Do Yoga While You're Drinking
This article is a tounge-in-cheek guide to surviving holiday parties with your dignity, body, and life intact.
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Nobody Wants To Talk About It. Period.
Have you ever wondered what the world would be like if men menstruated?
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Crazy Little Thang Called Love
If you are a fan of Lynn Johnston's "For Better For Worse," are thinking about spending time with (or outright avoiding) your family for the holiday season, check this out!
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The Power of Words Not Spoken
The holidays are converging on us and they have me thinking about communication meltdowns with my family. In this article I explore what went wrong.
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Women's Panties: How Sexy Lingerie Can Objectify Women
Ever wonder about the connection between panties and the arena of human relations? Sit back and take a peek!
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Broken Windows
This is a blow by blow account of my reaction to the broken window that almost shattered my dreams.
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Healing From Tragedies Past and Present
Explore the connections between past trauma that you've experienced and your reaction to the tragic events on "Black Tuesday" and find out how healing from the past can help you heal in the present.
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Bittersweet: The Search for the Authentic Self, Part II
Ever wonder what impact society has on your personal life? Read on! And find some ways that you can recover your authentic self.
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Bittersweet: The Search for the Authentic Self (Part I)
Society requires us to hide behind walls, masks and socially constructed identities. This article looks at the freedom and pain that comes with taking off those masks.
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Stained Glass Life
This article provides a metaphorical key to help us escape the prison of rules and expectations that leave us overwhelmed and defeated.
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When it sucks to be a feminist!
Have you ever looked at something heavy that needed to be moved and thought to yourself, "Where are the men when you need them?" This article explores feminism, masculinity and the connections between them.
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Why Inflatable Men Are Better Than Real Ones
This article explores the deep connection between inflatable men and inflatable women.
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Stress, Stoves and Vacuum Cleaners
Feeling stressed out of your mind? Think there has to be something more than meditation, murder or sedatives to relieve some of this stress? Read on!
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Stranger Danger and the "Stranger" in Your House
If you hate child molesters, if you worry about children being sexually molested, or if you yourself were molested or raped as a child, read this article.
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Caped Crusader
Super Reggie takes on the world and shows how you too can be your own super hero.
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That's So Gay!
This article looks at the impact a "silly" expression has on both the culture and on real lives.
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BUS-TED
This article takes a humorous look at urban professionals and their efforts to get to work on time.
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Live Nude Feminists Bare All
This article talks about the pornography, sex work, wonder bras and the "new" feminism.
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Open Season On Our Schools
This article challenges popular panaceas to the problems facing public schools.
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A Gift Of Grace
It's women's history and I and offering a snapshot of an extraordiary ordianary woman that is both humorous and poignant.
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The Marlboro Man and Other Myths
Are you tired of living in a culture that celebrates the denigration of women? Are you sick of male violence against women? This article describes what women can do to transform this culture.
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A Mother's Love
In this article I explore a my reaction to the Justice Department's decision not to condemn the murder of Amadou Diallo and contrast it to his mother's reaction.
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Its Time For a New Sexual Revolution
This article reviews current sexual scripts and calls for a new liberating expression of sexuality for both men and women.
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Training Bras
Training bras symbolize the transformation from childhood to womanhood. This article explores the experience and consequences of that process.
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A New Twist On Eating
The holidays are a time of fun, family and food... and with that food comes guilt. Take a look at how this guilt is related to bigger issues in our culture and how you can do some small things to get out of the food guilt cycle.
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Court OK's "Equal Opportunity" Sexual Harassment
The Supreme Court let stand a decision ruling that it is only the "discrimination," not the "sexual" that is prohibited by law.
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