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Jezebel published a piece today with the title “Nearly 1% Of Women Claim They Were Virgins When They Gave Birth,” and, because this is Jezebel we’re talking about here, they used this as an...

https://bellejar.ca/2013/12/19/virginity-is-a-social-construct/

I’m tired of blogging about rape culture. No, honestly, I am. It gets exhausting after a while. It wears you down, you know? There’s just so much awfulness, so many rape apologists, and it t...

https://bellejar.ca/2012/12/11/id-rather-risk-rape-than-quit-partying-rape-culture-and-the-good-men-project/

On Thursday my piece about girl culture was featured as a guest post on Shameless Magazine’s website. My response was as follows: 1. Stare blankly at computer screen, totally dumbstruck 2. Run ...

https://bellejar.ca/2012/09/23/on-thursday-my/

My good friend Audra Williams challenged me to blog about this piece on Tavi Gevinson. Then she posted this ridiculous article from Jezebel on Facebook, and I thought I would address both of them...

https://bellejar.ca/2012/09/20/the-myth-of-the-woman-child/

When I was growing up, my mother always self-identified as a feminist. When she would introduce my sisters and I, she would refer to us as her three contributions to the feminist movement. I grew...

https://bellejar.ca/2012/08/13/the-f-word-or-why-cant-you-just-admit-that-youre-a-feminist/