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On being ornamental

By Michelle

I didn’t grow up knowing I was pretty. Which is weird, because I remember being told it. I remember hearing it from my family, and family friends, and occasionally a teacher or two here and there (in an appropriate way, not in a woah-creepy way). But even at a young age I had a tendency for self-deprecation, […]

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Heads up, ladies: his bullshit is not your fault

By Michelle

(This is another repost, originally published in June 2013) I feel like I’ve been transported back to the fifties. On Facebook. At least three times in the last few months, I’ve seen some variant of this: “If men aren’t doing xyz it’s because the women in the relationship aren’t ALLOWING them to.” Or: “If your […]