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Category: feminism

Priscilla (2023) and Being Too Young

December 3, 2023.Reading time 2 minutes.

You are not really mature for your age, and that’s why he wants you. Your immaturity makes you pliant.

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Qs to Help You Unpack Your Assumptions About Rape and Abuse

September 19, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

What unconscious beliefs do you hold about domestic abuse and sexual violence?

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The Johnny Depp Defamation Trial Will Hurt Abuse Victims for Decades to Come

May 18, 2022.Reading time 20 minutes.

Seeing Heard’s behavior picked apart, and watching Depp and his supporters frame her as the true abuser, will only make victims more confused and ashamed.

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A Sex Writer Takes a Thirst Trap

April 18, 2022.Reading time 5 minutes.

Did I care if people took my writing less seriously because I posted a lingerie selfie?

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What Is This Feeling, So Sudden and New? It’s Misandry

January 1, 2022.Reading time 8 minutes.

For the first time in a long time, if ever, I am owning my anger toward men.

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On Taking a Break From Men

September 4, 2021.Reading time 5 minutes.

Does it count as a mean phase when you are constantly provoked into anger?

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On Reclaiming The Word “Slut”

April 13, 2021.Reading time 10 minutes.

I spent my teenage years terrified that I was a slut, and therefore I was not the type of girl who could be loved.

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Ryan From ‘Promising Young Woman’ Fucked Me Up

February 18, 2021.Reading time 8 minutes.

Watching Promising Young Woman felt like taking a fork in my fist and then jabbing it into my right temple. The film left me bleeding for days.

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‘Happiest Season’ Breaks The Only Rom-Com Rule That Matters

November 27, 2020.Reading time 15 minutes.

If you’re making a romantic comedy, you need to write a relationship — and a love interest — worth rooting for.

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Stop Publicly Defending Your Friends

March 3, 2020.Reading time 10 minutes.

At the end of the day, the best way for us to help our friend and their victim is to react in private.

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