She was legally an adult. It was clearly consensual. Yet I absolutely could not get over it.
consent
angry feminist
If men are capable of figuring out that James Bond movies are not real life, they should be damn well capable of telling the difference between fictional coercive fun-times sex and real-life coercive assault.
sxsw
Today everyone in classes chatted about how fun SXSW was, while I sat awkward and silent.
sex
We should all be able to derail the train barreling toward Sexville, but in real life I know I'm not the only woman who has found it's sometimes just easier to get it over with -- to shut him up, to go to sleep, to be polite.
parenting
I want my child to never laugh at a classmate tweeting about a rape he just committed. I want my child to stand up for girls who are drunk and just want to go home.
pregnancy
Gods of writing and all that is decent, this is the only time I will ever use the term "baby bump."
