Category Archives: Guest Posts
So What Do You Do Exactly? Magazine Edition
The latest subject of the So What Do You Do Exactly? series is Jessica, who comes to us from the front lines of none other than the editorial department at Parents magazine. sdf What’s your actual job title? Editorial Assistant at Parents … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Trust, in Unlikely Places
Kim Green is writer, radio-producer, book-lover, gardener, photographer, pilot and advocate of amazing people doing amazing work. She writes a blog about all of these things and, but defines one of her major themes as “badass women doing cool things … Continue reading
Filed under Education, Gender, Guest Posts
Sunday Scraps 51
1. WANTON: Frank Bruni at the New York Times does a great job explaining the double standard sexual talk that has become all the rage. I guess it’s been around for awhile, but it suddenly seems much louder. 2. BASEBALL: … Continue reading
Filed under Body Image, Guest Posts, Hollywood, Media, Really Good Writing by Other People, Sex, Sports
Happy Birthday?
I missed my blogiversary! Shows you how much I was paying attention…. Turns out, it was December 22nd! Now you know, and believe me, next year I expect gifts. Total Posts: 373 Most Commonly Used Tags: gender, body image, politics, … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Role-Reversal with a 17 Year Age Gap
A few weeks ago, I wrote a Good Men Project essay called “Could I Fall in Love with the Bus Driver?” It was about the intersection of gender and class, and how I was rethinking my own assumptions about what … Continue reading
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Guest Post: OWS, A Conversation Worth Having
Welcome back, Sara! You may remember her from a guest post a few months ago about Jezebel’s iffy science coverage. We were discussing my Occupy Wall Street post earlier this week, and she raised some very interesting counterpoints to my … Continue reading
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Things TV Gets Wrong About Chicago
Take a little interwebz adventure and go visit my guest post at Smart Girls, Stupid Things. I wrote about how, when you live in a place long enough, all of the little details that people who don’t live there get … Continue reading
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Guest Post: “Dude, I Don’t Know Whether to Think You’re a Slut or a Player”
Remember Bryn? She’s the one who alerted me to my very brief moment of Autostraddle celebrity? She’s a beast at so many things, but lucky for you, one of them is writing about gender assumptions, sexuality, and language. Don’t believe … Continue reading
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Guest Post: “I Will Never Really Have to Come Out”
Today I get to introduce you Sarah B. She wrote me the most amazing note after my GMP piece “Do You Hope Your Child Will Be Straight?” and ever since I’ve been fantasizing about a guest post. Today’s the day! … Continue reading
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Guest Post: Telling Someone to Eat More Is Just as Rude as Telling Someone to Eat Less
Remember that awesome guest post from Kate about Cosmo, kink, and sexual honesty? She’s back! I’ve been writing about body image a lot lately, and how much I hate comments that begin with “real women have…” The bulk of this … Continue reading
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