Coming Out as Fat

22Mar09

It has been interesting recently to start writing this blog and identifying myself as “fat,” like for many being a person of color, being disabled–being fat is something that is perceptible to those who see you.  It’s not something you necessarily have to name yourself as for people to perceive you as.  Which is why [...]

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Tags: fatphobia, self-love

“She was asking for it” in Swarthmore’s own handbook

22Mar09

My friend alerted me to a section in the study abroad guide given out at our school where under culture shock is this anecdote:
“A few years ago, a female student attending a home stay program in Italy complained to her program staff that she had been sexually harassed by her host brother. She subsequently described [...]

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Tags: sexism, sexual violence