Sarah Innis - xoJane

How to React When You Get Conversationally Slimed By A Covert Racist/Sexist/Classist/Etc.

Sarah Innis — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:00:00 -0500

OK, so you got slimed by a racist/sexist/classist on the DL. You are now tasked with having to skilfully deflect the slime splatter from yourself, and if possible, educate them that you are not like them.

Domestic Labor Gender Gap: On Turning into my Boyfriend's Mom

Sarah Innis — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:00:00 -0400

Does it surprise you that a study has found that women are more sexually attracted to their male partners when the men did housework?

Emotional Stuffing

Sarah Innis — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 12:00:28 -0400

It was a good friend of mine who coined the term “Emotional Stuffing” for this very effective technique I've been using for, well, my entire life.

Stop Trying to Drag Me Out of The Closet

Sarah Innis — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:00:21 -0400

OK, so I watched the L word, love JD Samson, and subscribe to both Bitch and BUST Magazines. That doesn't mean I want to have sex with women.

Forty is NOT the New Twenty (Thank God)

Sarah Innis — Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:07:19 -0400

I had 20 to myself, twenty years ago. I am content now to celebrate 40 and admire 20 on another generation of women.

Notes From "The Tall Girl"

Sarah Innis — Wed, 16 May 2012 11:00:31 -0400

Height in women is seen as some transgression in the aesthetic order of things. Literally, you're taking up more space than some think a woman should.

Why I Snarked On A Stranger's Recent Engagement

Sarah Innis — Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:00:18 -0400

When I hear another woman going on about her ring, her engagement -- I want to say ‘Stop that! Don’t let on that this stupid bullshit has any real relevance to us!’ Like there is some gender war going on and some women are giving up secrets to the other side.