Last summer, I received a letter from the Miss Teen Beauty Pageant. The letter informed me that I was recommended for the pageant by someone anonymous. When I first received it, I threw it aside and didn’t look at it for a few days. I wasn’t interested in being in a beauty pageant. Still, the […]
My dad used to play piano and occasionally sing in a band at the Colorado Opry. He started when I was about a year old. My mom would bring me to the show every night. On most nights, I would wiggle my way down the stairs to the front row so that I could see
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Men have sex. Women have sex. Men and women both have sex. Why, then, do so many people condemn women for having and enjoying sex? In recent years, slut shaming has reared its ugly head. A slut shamer makes another person feel inferior due to her choice of sexual acts. Though slut shaming affects both men and
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The Marshall University Woman’s Center defines “rape culture” as “an environment in which rape is prevalent and in which sexual violence against women is normalized and excused in the media and popular culture. Rape culture is perpetuated through the use of misogynistic language, the objectification of women’s bodies, and the glamorization of sexual violence, thereby
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Just a little north of Fort Collins, Colorado lies Wellington, a small town that consists of one middle school, one elementary school, a grocery store, two gas stations, a Burger King, and two small neighborhoods. Wellington is reminiscent of one of those small towns we watch on television shows and movies like One Tree Hill,
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