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Notes from an insecure country
Recently, I won some money and decided to visit a friend who is finishing up her semester abroad in Argentina. While, as one mentor of mine in high school put it, “Every woman has a funny relationship with food,” in Argentina, it’s an understatement. Somethingfishy.org, a website about eating disorders, reports that “In Argentina the [...]
Posted: June 30th, 2007 under Argentina, Female Sexuality, Self Objectification, anorexia, armor, bodies, bulimia, catcall, chastity belt, cigarettes, cosmetic surgery, eating disorder, economics, empanada, fat, food, identity, inflation, latin america, lonely planet, machismo, martini, mental health, objectification, physical health, pride, psychology, self acceptance, self-loathing, sex, smoking, south america, standard of beauty, tobacco, women's health.
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Let's Talk About . . . Euphemisms
Right. So recently, my eighteen-year old little brother left home on his first major excursion without adult supervision. I was talking about this trip with my momma, and she asked me if I would be willing to give my bro the sex talk and drop him some condoms. Of course, I was totally cool with [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2007 under 30 Rock, Girls Gone Wild, Penn State, Self Objectification, Tina Fey, bimbo, birth control, bodies, catcall, college, condom, feminism, harrassment, menstruation, naked, objectification, period, pop culture, religion, secretary, sex, sex education, sex positive, sex positivity, sexual harrassment, sexuality, shame, sleaze, stereotype, the sex talk, womanhood.
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