Homophobia
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Dear Gloria
What follows is a slight rewrite of a class assignment. The assignment was to write a response letter to “Speaking in Tongues: A Letter to Third World Women Writers” by Gloria Anzaldúa which can be found in the pages of A Bridge Called My Back: Writings by Radical Women of Color, an anthology edited by Continue reading
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Quietly Queer
When A Stranger Hurts You “It’s protected by free speech,” they told us. “If his sticky-notes came down, they all had to come down.” Fortunately for us, this news came to us after we had taken down the Pride Month display. His sticky-notes, while forever a part of our growing LGBTQIA+ collection, will never see Continue reading
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The Incident During Pride Month
What Happened: Looking at him, I would say he was about 18 or 19 but, these days, anyone under the age of 30 looks like a child to me. He seemed nervous, yeah. A small lilt in his voice betrays the confidence he hoped to portray. Smug smile. Beady eyes. The dude obviously listens to Continue reading
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Slurs
If you could permanently ban a word from general usage, which one would it be? Why? We normally don’t think of slurs being a part of the general language; although, when we talk about slurs, we’re normally talking about one specific word. For the sake of this post, I’m also going to include non-slur words Continue reading
Chapin City Blues 