Brandi

Females Just As Mathematically Capable As Males

March 25, 2013

When I was in junior high, my class was asked to write a paper analyzing the results of research we conducted independently. As 12-year-olds, our research wasn’t methodologically correct, but that wasn’t the point. We were supposed to get interested in a phenomenon and study it as best we could from start to finish. Budding [...]

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The F Word

February 25, 2013

You know, feminist. In my head I like to call myself a feminist. I am a strong woman with a very particular set of beliefs regarding women in society. I think a societal patriarchy has no place in the modern world. I think there should be no expectations as to what young girls and boys [...]

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That Time I Walked Into Planned Parenthood On A Friday

February 13, 2013

Sometimes I get so annoyed with my sisters. They just don’t know what it’s like. You see, they are both members of the group of kids who got to stay on their parent’s insurance long after the people of my age group were unceremoniously dumped. I was just 20 years old when I was forced [...]

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To Have Or Not To Have: The Hair Down There

January 29, 2013

Ok guys bear with me here. I have a hard time talking about very personal things. Always have. It took me nearly a year to tell my mom I had started my period, and I only told her because school was over and I could no longer hoard the 10-cent tampons from the bathroom vending [...]

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Bucking Wedding Traditions

December 31, 2012

Those of you who read here often probably know by now that I don’t tend to allow tradition—or the expectations of others—to dictate how I live my life. I feel very strongly that our lives are ours to control and no two people have to make the same choices. The thing is, we only have [...]

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Changing the Conversation About Sexual Assault

December 27, 2012

At this time 10 years ago I was almost finished with my first semester of my freshman year of college. During the first week we were there, all freshman were required to attend a sexual assault orientation. The first portion was a lot of statistics about rape and college students and information about where to [...]

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No Means No: Own Your “No”

December 10, 2012

This year for our post-Thanksgiving movie-watching tradition, my husband and I picked Major League. I remember enjoying it when I was younger, and was longing for a movie where the comic underpinnings didn’t rely solely on fart jokes and body humor. So we put on PJs and curled up with the movie on. It was [...]

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The Seven-Year Itch

November 13, 2012

In just a few short months my husband and I will be celebrating our seven-year anniversary. Exciting, right!? I thought so too until my over-active imagination started going crazy and everything that happened became a sure sign that the seven-year itch was upon us. I demanded that my husband start “woo-ing” me as he had [...]

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Why I Didn’t Take My Husband’s Last Name

October 25, 2012

I had the idea of how I wanted an ideal marriage to go long before I ever conceded that I myself might get married one day. I didn’t want kids, and on most days still don’t. I wanted a husband who took as much responsibility for the house as I did. I never would tolerate [...]

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Actresses Are Embracing Themselves Without Saying A Word About It

October 18, 2012

All of my life I’ve sort of been that perfectly average, middle-of-the-road girl. I don’t tend to stand out or get noticed in any way, good or bad. Being insanely introverted, I’ve always sort of preferred it that way—plus I think it would make me a really great spy. But I’ve always been disappointed by [...]

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