DERBY GRRRL
"Sometimes we hurt ourselves in order to protect ourselves." Karissa LaRocque on roller derby, disordered eating, and female pain.
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April 3, 2016 from the bb desk I learned this week that my cat is happy to sit in either the hood OR the marsupial pouch of my sweatshirts as I go about my business, so very little else is...
ENDOMETRIOSIS, OR MODERN HYSTERIA?
The search for an endometriosis diagnosis is characterized by misogyny, uncertainty, and frustration.
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March 27th, 2016 from Nat What a fucking week. Rob Ford died on Tuesday and that somehow seems so long ago, right? I’ve been thinking about this Kay Ryan poem a lot this week. There was a lot of great writing...
AFTER NOT GUILTY
On Sexual Assault and the Carceral State March 25th, 2016 by Katie Toth “I find Mr. Ghomeshi not guilty on all these charges,” a judge said yesterday morning in an Ontario court. Just over a month earlier, Jian Ghomeshi—the...
I THINK I KISSED HIM GOODBYE
March 23rd, 2016 by Brianne N. A note from the author: The thought of attaching my name to this story makes me feel embarrassed and ashamed—which tells me that it’s important. I shouldn’t have to feel ashamed for the violence...
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