Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 4, 2016

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“‘My Body Was Not Mine, but the U.S. Military’s’: Inside the disturbing sex industry thriving around America’s bases”

“Women’s sex work has long been used to help keep male troops happy — or at least happy enough to keep working for the military…

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 7, 2016

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“Many school shooters, one common factor: a warped view of masculinity”

“Usually it’s “a toxic cocktail of factors,” says Christopher Kilmartin, a professor of psychological science at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Va.

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 11, 2016

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“The Washington Post Style Guide Now Accepts Singular ‘They’”

“In everyday speech, singular they, the use of they/them to refer to one person, feels completely natural. But in more formal contexts, and in writing, that usage has long been frowned upon. And not just frowned upon, but…

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 13, 2016

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“Why I’ll Always Be Honest About My Nose Job”

“I understood why my friends fed me these responses, although I honestly just wanted someone to say, “That’s awesome!” But we have been so socialized to believe that plastic surgery is only for the Real Housewives of the world, that the idea of some…

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 29, 2016

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“A Medievalist Schools Dan on Medieval Attitudes Toward Sex”

“I’m not saying that the Middle Ages was a great period of freedom (sexual or otherwise), but the sexual culture of 12th-century France, Iraq, Jerusalem, or Minsk did not involve the degree of self-loathing brought about by…

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 6, 2016

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“Madeleine Albright Says: Learn to Interrupt, But Only If You Know What You’re Talking About”

“Probably every woman you know, certainly every woman I know, has been in meetings where you’re the only woman in the room, and you want to make some kind of a comment…

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 1, 2016

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“Investigative Report: How Victim-Blaming Led to the Rape Kit Backlog”

“The fact that Phillips underwent a forensic exam should, at least in theory, have helped move her case out of the “he said, she said” cul-de-sac, by including evidence about trauma to her vagina.

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 16, 2016

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“Who Stole Meninism?”

“I used to be okay with the term “meninism”, though I never applied that label to myself; resisting social injustice with specific reference to my lived experience as a cis, queer, non-Western man of colour was part of what I did. I believe that masculinity in its current state must be…

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 9, 2016

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“Why bitches are basic.”

“Why aren’t (white) men basic? Because being a (white, heterosexual) man is simply easier, and it’s safer to presume that most of their choices are what they actually want. When no one’s telling you what to be, it’s easier to be you. That’s a privilege. Now, do they completely escape…

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Jess Brooks in Genders, and other gendered things

Jan 19, 2016

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“Bras Make Breasts Sag, Study Suggests”

“Since 1997, he has been studying the breasts of 330 volunteers ages 18 to 35 using a slide ruler and a caliper to record the changes in breast position as the women aged, CBSNews.com reports.

His meticulous research revealed that…

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These were the top 10 stories published by Genders, and other gendered things in January of 2016. You can also dive into daily archives for January of 2016 by using the calendar at the top of this page.