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“If I had the courage I would put a gun to my head and blow it off. Instead I am slowly killing myself out here one day at a time.” — Bernice, prostitute and addict. Hunts Point, Bronx The prostitutes of Hunts Point trade their body to strangers for money. They…
(Jennifer, 21)
Why Dove’s “Real Beauty Sketches” Video Makes Me Uncomfortable… and Kind of Makes Me Angry
So this video started going around my facebook today, with about a dozen of my female friends sharing the link with comments like, and “Everyone needs to see this”, and “All girls should watch this,” and “This made me cry.” And I’m not trying to shame those girls! I definitely understand why they would do so. And I don’t want to be a killjoy. But as I clicked the link and started watching the video, I started to feel a slight sense of discomfort. I couldn’t put my finger on why that was, exactly, but it continued throughout the whole thing. After watching the video several more times, I have some thoughts…
Academic Men Explain Things to Me: Mainsplaining with a Side Order of Racism
Not strictly academic, but close enough. I’m Asian American and was taking a plane back to my university to finish up my PhD in English Literature and teach a composition class. The man sitting next to me asked me why I was flying from the West Coast to the Midwest. I told him I was going to the…
Only 4% of women think they’re beautiful: we’re often our own worst critics.
The Not Quite Doctor: The Privilege
“Doctor, did you see her prom pictures?” The young woman in the office beamed as she turned her iPhone to show us a group of girls all wearing brightly colored dresses. ”It was a little skimpier than I would have liked, but she looked beautiful,” her mother continued. Had you walked in at that…
"Doctors are not heroes."
http://www.usherbrooke.ca/bloguesapart/2013/04/10/nous-ne-sommes-pas-des-heros/
This is what people see as they commute to work in Philly.
Hollaback Philly is absolutely doing it right.
(Source: poweredbygirl, via open-ended-insanity)
