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…
celebrating june 12th: love is love
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…
lipstick feminist
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…
“speak, they are listening”
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…
on being a token minority
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…
girls deserve more than ‘you’re beautiful’
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,…
i am not a movie ticket
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…
double standards: the miley & robin vmas performance
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…
my self-respect is not my clothing
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…
thoughts from a minority feminist: privilege
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…
when chivalry is dead, good riddance
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…
toxic perfectionism
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…
