To the Two Young Women on My Train, First I would like to apologize for eavesdropping on your conversation and inserting myself into it later, I know it is not polite to do either of those things. Second, I want to thank you. Thank you for giving me hope that I am not the only…
Category: Straight White Cis Girl
Let’s Talk
Let’s talk about rape. Let’s talk about sexual assault. Let’s talk about harassment. Let’s talk about coercion. Let’s talk about silence and fear and anxiety and hyper-vigilance. Let’s talk about the fact that, without trying, I can list five people on one hand who I personally know and care about who have been sexually assaulted,…
Empowered Bystander
But it didn’t feel like it. I felt like shit and as though I hadn’t done anything good at all. It felt like the penultimate Straight White Cis Girl moment. Standing there on the train after a long day at my cushy job, and an hour on the archery range with my boyfriend helping me…
Dear Fellow Feminists and Everyone Else
Dear Fellow Feminists and Everyone Else, Happy International Men’s Day. I am saying that un-ironically and hope that you can, too. There are a lot of people out there denigrating this day because “isn’t every day men’s day” and “this is like having a white history month.” Yes, if International Men’s Day applied to only…
Allies Need Not Apply
“i don’t know if straight + cis people are fully aware of this, but literally the only function of including “allies” as a category to participate in scholarships, intra-group discussions, trips, etc. is to provide a cover for those LGBTQ+ people who are not out. that is it. that is the purpose of “allies,” outside of…
Bi-Phobia Presentation
Hey All, This is the final bit of undergraduate papers I have regarding bi-sexuality, again, it is 5-6 years old so forgive anything that is out of date: “I unfortunately did not learn very much during this presentation because I have already done two papers on bi-phobia, but for me this project was not about…
Bi-furcating Sexualities
I posted yesterday’s piece because I saw a friend’s tweet about it being Bisexual Awareness Week and I remembered all the arguments I got in with people about the legitimacy of bisexuality. Yes, some people use the identity as a stepping stone or as way to explore, but that doesn’t mean there are no bisexuals….
Bisexual Awareness Week
When I was working towards my undergraduate degree at Syracuse University, I minored in LGBTQ studies. To get the minor you had to take the introductory QSX courses and a certain amount of cross-listed QSX courses. In the first introductory course (about 5 or 6 years ago), I wrote my final paper on bi-phobia and…
Hello
Hello, I don’t know to whom to address this note. I am a twenty-five year old straight white cisgendered female and I am sick of feeling hopeless. Most days I can go through my day and ignore the truth, but then there are days where I watch something or read something and it throws off…
Little Gentian 