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A letter to Jamya regarding this presidential election

My dear Jamya,

Nov 12, 2016

A letter to Jamya regarding this presidential election

Nov 12, 2016

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The policing of tits

A couple of months ago I visited a science museum and encountered a staged scene of a Neanderthal/early modern human family. The mother…

Oct 28, 2016

Oct 28, 2016

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How to act around “sick” people

When I was in high school I got into a really bad car accident. I don’t remember anything besides waking up in the hospital. I was relieved…

Oct 25, 2016

Oct 25, 2016

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What to do when you see a slutty hot dog this Halloween…

Another woman’s beauty, intelligence, humor, talent, whatever… is not the absence of your own. Repeat that and let it really sink in.

Oct 14, 2016

What to do when you see a slutty hot dog this Halloween…

Oct 14, 2016

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White people with dreads aren’t “hippies”, they’re ignorant culture vultures

Foreword: If the title already offends you, and you happen to be white, you should keep reading this for your own intellectual benefit.

Oct 1, 2016

Oct 1, 2016

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Reclaim her joy

I pass a billboard on I-294 frequently for Rolland’s Jewelers in Libertyville, Illinois. The billboard shows a woman and man getting…

Sep 22, 2016

Reclaim her joy

Sep 22, 2016

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What it’s like to have a vagina when you work in a penis-dominated industry

When I think of college I think of the one kid who randomly handed me a red solo cup full of shrooms once, how weird it was, and how people…

Sep 21, 2016

What it’s like to have a vagina when you work in a penis-dominated industry

Sep 21, 2016

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Mentoring in the “projects”

“she’s nine, homeless, black, her dad’s incarcerated and she’s not doing well in school” said the director of the mentoring program…

Sep 19, 2016

Mentoring in the “projects”

Sep 19, 2016

mindofmaryann

mindofmaryann

using privilege as a platform while dissecting preconceptions. writing about everything that people in elevators don't want to chat about.

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