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Creating Change in HOTlanta

Jan 31, 2013 / Amanda / Our Folks
Attending the 25th National Conference on LGBT Equality: Creating Change was incredible. Thousands of queers and allies from across the country and a handful from … Read More

Creating Change: Uncomfortable in an Awesome Way

Jan 28, 2013 / Amanda / Our Folks
I don’t want to waste your time telling you all the logistics and happenings that went on during Creating Change 2013 – I want to … Read More

The Yellow Brick Road to Freedom

Jan 23, 2013 / Amanda / Our Folks
To me writing about Roe v. Wade in 2013 is really just a practice in futility. On the 40th anniversary of this watershed moment in … Read More

We are Overdue for an Update to Our Child Support Laws

Jan 09, 2013 / Amanda / Our Folks
Sperm or egg donation is possibly one of the most selfless gifts you can provide to someone who cannot conceive a child in a more … Read More

The Summer of Mercy: Revisiting My Hometown's Dark Anti-Choice History

Dec 06, 2012 / Amanda / Our Folks
Mercy: Compassion or forgiveness shown toward someone whom it is within one’s power to punish or harm The dark side of anti-choice politics hits home no … Read More

50 Shades and the Responsibility to Educate

Nov 14, 2012 / Amanda / Our Folks
This post is part of a series about reproductive justice and the media done in partnership with Women, Action, & the Media. Unless you’ve been hiding … Read More

My Reflections

Nov 07, 2012 / Amanda / Our Folks
The battles have been fought, the words are immortalized in internet memes, and the impact of this election is rippling throughout the country. When the … Read More

Don’t Slut-Shame Halloween

Oct 31, 2012 / Amanda / Our Folks
  As a free-thinking woman living in the 21st century, I am deeply offended by the slut-shaming that coincides with the arrival of Halloween. Finally … Read More

21 Things

Oct 24, 2012 / Amanda / Our Folks
For the past few weeks I’ve been thinking about how to write this post. I knew that Love Your Body day was coming up (October … Read More

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