Category Archives: Gender

Street Harassment: It’s Not a Compliment

Posted on August 26, 2012 by

Copyright 2012.  All rights reserved. It always bothers me when men say things like “If women on the street said that I looked nice, it’d make my day!” right after I’ve complained about something a stranger said to me.  Some … Continue reading →

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Dove Evolution

Posted on November 15, 2011 by

Dove photoshop makeover This video, which is put out by the folks at Dove(r), is an eye opening look at what a photoshop makeover is truly capable of. It’s enlightening as well as disturbing, because it shows how skewed our … Continue reading →

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Movie Review: Transamerica

Posted on August 21, 2011 by

Unfortunately, I only just recently discovered this interesting and well-made 2005 film starring Felicity Huffman (from Desperate Housewives).  The movie tells the unique story of a transgender woman, Bree Osbourne, who’s in the process of preparing for her sex reassignment … Continue reading →

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Eve to the Rescue: Why “Helper” Doesn’t Mean Subordinate

Posted on August 10, 2011 by

Copyright 2011 Kelsey Hough.  All rights reserved. “It is not good for the man to be alone. I will make a helper suitable for him. Genesis 2:18 (NIV)” The reference to Eve in Genesis as a “helper” is one of … Continue reading →

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A Girl Like Me

Posted on August 2, 2011 by

A Girl Like Me I used to think of issues like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality as being isolated issues.  But no one is only a race or only a gender, so those aspects of our identity seem to fuse … Continue reading →

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