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An Open Letter To My Fellow Gay Men: We Need A Woman's Consent Too
By Preston MitchumJune 17, 2013
Just because you're not attracted to a woman doesn't mean you have the right to touch her. Growing up as a black gay boy in Youngstown, Ohio, my mother always said “Son, you must operate in this world intentionally, you must treat others with respect, and you must keep your hands to yourself.” As a child, all I wanted to do was play with my Rock ‘Em Sock ‘Em Robots and...Posted in Culture and Politics, LGBT, nfti-home, Sexual Violence | (0) Comments »
Why It's Not OK To Trash-Talk My Ex-Boyfriend
By Kristen ForbesJune 17, 2013
After a breakup, we often support our friends by vilifying their ex. But assuming that one person is the victim and one is the perpetrator minimizes the complexity of a relationship, says Kristen Forbes. Do me a favor and picture a little boy in his childhood home. Do you see him sitting on his bedroom floor? Look at the notebooks and pencils spread all around him. He’s been sketching fo...Posted in Dating, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
I Can Be Bitchy, But Am I A Bitch?
By Laurel HermansonJune 16, 2013
Is it possible to tell your girlfriends the hard, honest truth without being labeled a bitch? Laurel Hermanson explores. Bitch: “An insult propagated into Old English by the Christian rulers of the Dark Age to suppress the idea of femininity as sacred.” —Clare Bayley, “Bitch: A History” My husband and I once had friends over for a dinner party. After a lovely mea...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Womanhood, Laurel Hermanson | (0) Comments »
Bad With Men: Am I Pretty Enough?
By Dana NorrisJune 16, 2013
Dana Norris is the founder of Story Club and she once went on 71 internet dates. I go on two dates in two weeks. I meet both men via Match.com. Both have vaguely amusing profiles and are smiling in their pictures, which is harder to find than you’d think. I meet them both at the Bad Dog Tavern, a restaurant near where I live. In both cases they’re already sitting when I arrive. I a...Posted in Dating, nfti-home, Sex and Relationships, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
The Friday Five
By Role/Reboot StaffJune 14, 2013
This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. The Wedding Industry’s Pricey Little Secretby Will Oremus of Slate.com says that widely used “average wedding cost” figure is grossly misleading, and offers a much more accurate number. 2. What Happens To Women Who Are Denied Abortions? by Joshua Lang of The New York Ti...Posted in Culture and Politics, Current Events, Friday Five, Internet and Social Media, nfti-home, Politics, Pop Culture | (0) Comments »
A Father's Identity: I Don't Know Who I Am Without My Kids
By Edwin LyngarJune 13, 2013
Edwin Lyngar's been a father since he was 20 years old. When all of his kids are eventually grown and out of the house, he wonders who he'll be without them. I’ve had a child under the age of 6 since I was 20 years old, in essence for my entire adult life. As my older kids have grown, I’ve added new ones to the mix. Even though I started too young, I could never regret it. My oldes...Posted in Family, Fathers, Manhood, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
Why I'm Thankful For My Dad
By Emily Heist MossJune 13, 2013
Father's Day may be just another Hallmark holiday, but Emily Heist Moss is reminded this week of how lucky she is to have her dad. My uncle died two years ago this week. Though younger than my mom, he’d married his high school sweetheart and had a handful of kids while my mother was still living in Europe and earning a bunch of degrees. By the time I came around, he’d racked up a d...Posted in Emily, Family, Fathers, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
I'm Not Easy, I'm 'Selectively Convenient'
By Charlie GlickmanJune 12, 2013
One of the things that often surprises people is the fact that being queer, kinky, and polyamorous doesn’t have to mean that someone is promiscuous. “Promiscuous” is such an interesting word. My dictionary has two definitions for it: having or characterized by many transient sexual relationships demonstrating or implying an undiscriminating or unselective approach; indiscrim...Posted in nfti-home, Sex, Sex and Relationships | (0) Comments »
I Am A Woman With A Mental Illness
By Traci FoustJune 12, 2013
Author Traci Foust describes her bumpy ride getting off and on pharmaceutical drugs, and dealing with mental illness as a child and as a single mother. My mother was 41 when she stopped taking her Lithium. For years she’d struggled with the side effects: weight gain, chronic dehydration, skin rashes. She chose instead to treat her mental illness with herbal supplements, a decision that w...Posted in Life, nfti-home, Womanhood | (0) Comments »
The Meaning Of The Word 'Dad'
By Wendy FontaineJune 11, 2013
Wendy Fontaine never told her daughter Angie what to call the new man in their life, but to Angie, he's "Dad." My daughter, Angie, spent the last few weeks of first grade learning a Native American language of pictures and symbols that tribal members scrawled on cave walls and animal hides many years ago to tell their stories. One evening before bed, Angie showed me how the symbols worked, how...Posted in Family, Fathers, nfti-home, Parents | (0) Comments »
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