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Category: Privilege

  • We need to talk about… Clothes Shopping!

    If you’re a man with a female partner, then when you’ve read this article ask them to read it too and see what their reaction to it is. If you’re a woman with a male partner, then when you’ve read this article ask them to read it too and see what their reaction is. Boy-mode…

  • Giving Up Some Privilege

    In girl-mode, I basically give up my male privilege – a surprisingly real thing despite those (men) who deny it exists. Maybe they should try living as a woman for a while to experience it from the other direction. This doesn’t mean that I don’t retain significant privileges though; white privilege is also real (and…