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.

Why Having A Boyfriend Doesn’t Cure Herpes

January 24, 2016.Reading time 15 minutes.

We’ve all read that essay: the woman who gets herpes because she caves to temptation just once and has a regrettable one-night-stand, but goes on to find happiness because she meets that one man who loves her just as she is, STI and all. You can find it in glossy women’s magazines and anonymous chat […]

Bachelorella Recap Week 3: Is this the season of gender equitable slut-shaming?

January 20, 2015.Reading time 10 minutes.

For no apparent reason, Jimmy Kimmel crashed The Bachelor this week. His presence was as inexplicable as it was painful—Kimmel mocked the series in ways that seemed more mean-spirited than clever, putting Chris and the bachelorettes on the spot and inserting himself into moments where he didn’t belong. I’m on Team Fallon in the late night […]