Culture + Politics

Not Everyone Fits Into Those Pre-Determined Gender Boxes

By Russell O'Connor

May 13, 2013

Russell O'Connor has never neatly fit into the traditional "masculine" box, and because of that, he's been ridiculed his whole life. When we speak about gender, we are speaking about the masculine and the feminine. What on earth do we mean by the “masculine” and the “feminine”? Those of us who live unhappily in a world with only these categories can find this kind of q...

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The Friday Five

By Role/Reboot Staff

May 10, 2013

This week's roundup of our favorites from across the interwebs to help you make sense of men and women. 1. Horror In Cleveland: Why The Warning Signs Went Ignored by Katie J.M. Baker of Jezebel says the willful ignorance of police and neighbors is a not-so-hyperbolic metaphor for what millions of domestic abuse survivors experience every day. 2. My Virginity Mistake by Jessica Ciencin Henriqu...

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My Fair Labia: In Defense Of The Crotch Selfie

By Melissa Tapper Goldman

May 06, 2013

When will women stop judging their lady parts? (Some parts of this article, and individual hyperlinks, are explicit, and may be considered NSFW.) There’s a lot of pressure to have a good vagina. Rapper Missy Elliott’s mysterious “Pussycat” is a ballad from a woman to her genitals. She pleads that they not "fail her now" so her lover won’t cheat on her. Then she di...

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