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Karen Schulman Dupuis2 days ago1 min read

This is what sexual harassment looked like in 1990

I was barely 20 years old, and working for the…

Tim Barrus in Crossing Genres4 days ago2 min read

Shatter Boys

The Shattering of Boys Who Have Been Sexually Violated

christine taffeNov 4, 2015

smile, you bitch: being a woman in 2015

Nora McInerny Purmort

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YES NORA YES KEEP GOING ALWAYS

Elizabeth DeHoff in Life TipsJan 264 min read

When Saying “No” to a Man Is a Death Sentence

A few weeks ago, I got into a back-and-forth on here with a female CEO who…

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Raychelle Heath in Athena TalksFeb 231 min read

Everyday I am woman

Everyday I am a woman, and everyday in this skin I experience what it means to face people who want to take my power away…

Nina Marie McKellanNov 5, 2015

smile, you bitch: being a woman in 2015

Nora McInerny Purmort

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What a miserable creature you are. So don’t smile. Just don’t pretend that the whole entire male population of the universe wants to rape you because some guy who meant well said something don’t like.

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Hanna Brooks OlsenFeb 2311 min read

Why Women Smile at Men Who Sexually Harass Us

On being nice in the pursuit of getting home safe.

146 responses

Carol Patrocinio in Polemiquinhas com a Carol PatrocinioOct 28, 20155 min read

When adult men feel sexually attracted to a 12 year old girl, we need to talk about rape culture

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Todd Hannula 🤓Mar 182 min read

Screw It. Today Sucks. A Year Ago, I Was Assaulted.

Ellie Guzman

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Apologies…

Men (we) do not do enough to stop creeps from being. We allow, probably help make, bad things happen with an insidious objectification of women. You, Ellie, are not the problem, ever — men are. Until men own their culpability in all this, we don’t deserve your trust.

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NeptuneNov 5, 2015

smile, you bitch: being a woman in 2015

Nora McInerny Purmort

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“Go live your wild and precious life. Don’t let the bastards get you down. Don’t let idiots ruin your day. Be good to one another, even the bastards and the idiots, because we’re all just humans doing our best in this crazy little world.”

An intelligent person wrote that, and it’s good advice to follow.