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Posts Tagged ‘privilege

I.N.A.Y. #2: Touching

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: March 16, 2010

Posted by Robin, Philly This is post #2 in a series called I.N.A.Y.: It’s Not About You. I.N.A.Y. #1: “Effectively” Calling Out Patriarchy can be found here. Recently, I had a series of discussions with a new male acquaintance about touching. Basically, I had tried to communicate that I disliked him touching me, and he [...]

Language Politics

Posted by: sdswomynscaucus on: February 20, 2010

by Christa (Philly) Words… The words I choose became a much bigger deal when I went to college (moving from a conservative area to a liberal one) and especially once I became an organizer.  I had cut out retarded long ago…but I learned why words like bitch, gay, gypped and lame are problematic.  I’ve heard many reasons [...]


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