what I knew at 14: on gone girl and false rape reports
by Tinesha If you hate movie spoilers, you should stop reading. TW: Discussion of rape and sexual assault, rape statistics When I was in high…
by Tinesha If you hate movie spoilers, you should stop reading. TW: Discussion of rape and sexual assault, rape statistics When I was in high…
Today, I am inspired. I am inspired because two people, Mildred and Richard Loving, refused to back down. When the police stormed in their house in…
By Tinesha In American society, masculinity is considered to be more desirable than femininity. Women can wear pants and baggy t-shirts, but men who…
After meeting in the park, the Ordain Women group set off to Temple Square. I was near the front of line, feeling hopeful as we…
by Tinesha I am a token minority. When I make a comment day-to-day, I am ignored, until someone else more qualified can confirm what I said…
by Tinesha Girls and women get bombarded with unrealistic standards of beauty in media every day. These ideals of beauty are highly unrealistic of course,…
By Tinesha Last week, I hung out with someone I’ll call Drew. We had a great time—I really liked him and he really liked me. We’d…
by Tinesha (cross posted from her blog: http://realisticallytinesha.wordpress.com/) After watching the VMAs tonight, I made sure to write a mental note to myself to NEVER WATCH THEM…
by Tinesha Young Women’s Leader: Ladies, how do you feel when you dress immodestly? (This is a trick question. No one answers. To answer…
by Tinesha I’ve been a LDS member my whole life and being a woman in the church is difficult. However, being bi-racial—usually assumed Black—is exhausting. (To…
By Tinesha A few days after I started as a freshman at BYU, I was headed into the library when a young man dashed by me…
by Tinesha “LDS women in Utah are at risk for depression due to “toxic perfectionism” and a host of other cultural factors” according to Utah Valley…