When I was fourteen I met my first “boyfriend” at church. He was sixteen and had a car, so my parents were convinced that he was going to take advantage of me. In all reality, he was a nice guy who gave me the wonderful memory of my first kiss on a bridge in the […]
Read More True Love Waits (For Pressure)It’s not being a woman; it’s being your own women. It’s not the word; it’s the sentiment behind the word which affects an individual negatively. Cunt. Own it, why not? Female readers, you have one. Cunt: a woman’s vagina. I must ask why ‘cunt’ is the worst vocabulary expression used against women? Most women don’t […]
Read More Cunt: It’s Not the Word You’re Upset With, It’s that You Don’t Know Why You’re Upset About the WordIt’s hokey. The characters are stereotypes. The plot is predictable. People break out in song unnecessarily. But I dare you to find a show that addresses controversial issues like teen pregnancy, body confidence, sex education, ableism and gay bullying as honestly. Which brings me to my next point: Gay people kiss, too. Glee acknowledged that […]
Read More Glee: The AntichristWhile looking through my dashboard on Tumblr the other day, I came across an article called “Why I Am a Black Male Feminist” from the root.com that had been posted on a blog I follow. As I read the article’s title, it occurred to me that I had never read a piece of writing from […]
Read More Feminism From the Black Male PerspectiveThe Ex-Gay Organization, “Exodus International”, now has an iPhone App to turn gay people straight. Check this shit out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNZxOk_bC64 What will iPhone come out with next? Maybe something cool like How to Ensure You go to Heaven: Jesus’ rules. Orrrr How to Stop Being Black. Or How to Avoid Terrorists. (I’m sorry if that was […]
Read More Quick Hit: The Ex-Gay iPhone AppToday I was privileged enough to attend the first half of the diversity conference. Being a member of Madison Equality, I was asked to be on a panel of LGBT members to share my story. The panel was a “safezone” panel which differs from a classroom panel in that it caters to faculty and staff. […]
Read More Diversity ConferenceLet me be clear. I am so for anyone having any kind of spiritual connection with anything, and am so glad that people find things like hope, faith and solidarity in religious communities across the world. But, oppression comes in all forms, and though the average Catholic JMU student may not be standing outside with […]
Read More JMU Catholic Campus Ministry’s “Man” RetreatOh, but haven’t you heard? Yesterday was Thursday and tomorrow is Saturday… and after that is Sunday! Thank you, 13-year-old Rebecca Black, for keeping us in the loop… I first saw this video Tuesday night at the prompting of my roommate. At first, I laughed off how mundane the lyrics are (“Kickin’ in the front […]
Read More It’s FRIDAY!Shelby Knox first gained notoriety in 2005, after the release of the award-winning The Education of Shelby Knox, a documentary chronicling Knox’s fight for comprehensive sex education and gay rights in her small, conservative Baptist town of Lubbock, Texas. Currently, she is touring around campuses and organizations, discussing sex education and youth activism, and last […]
Read More Shelby Knox and the Education of JMUI once heard a joke from one of my gay guy friends who said, “Bisexuals, they’re just greedy!” Well, I thought it was funny at least. To play off a post from last semester on Rihanna’s music video “Te Amo,” I want to explore a little of what bisexuality actually is. Because there I have […]
Read More Bisexuality, Musicians, Dilemmas, Questions
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