Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Summer

You Have the Right to Pleasure

November 19, 2013

When I was in middle and high school, sex education was short, uncomfortable, and hardly comprehensive.  I remember sitting in a c… Read more »

Posted by Katherine

Some Words for the Man Who Told Me I Should Be Ashamed

November 18, 2013

The summer of 2012, I was a public affairs intern at Planned Parenthood Advocates of Kansas and Mid-Missouri. I’d  just finished m… Read more »

Posted by Allie

“I Work at an Abortion Clinic” – Life as an Advocate

November 18, 2013

“What do you do for a living?” This is not always the easiest question, especially if you work at a health clinic that provides ab… Read more »

Posted by Nick

Twerking, Auto-Tune, and the “Bitch”: Lily Allen’s Feminism

November 15, 2013

Lily Allen, the quirky artist based out of the UK is back after a long hiatus with a new single entitled “Hard Out Here” and she’s… Read more »

Posted by Diana

Reproductive Rights in America Have Gotten Worse After Tiller

November 12, 2013

I know enough about abortion politics in this country, but I still didn’t know what to expect going in to see the movie After Till… Read more »

Posted by Summer

We’re All Anti-Rape, But Are We All Anti Anti-Rape Wear?

November 12, 2013

The feminist internet blew up last week in response to AR Wear, a company that purports to offer a product “that will offer better… Read more »

Posted by Katherine

Drinking, My Campus, and Sexual Assault: Or Why (Some) Men Don’t Care

November 11, 2013

A little over a week ago, an article by Al Jazeera featuring students from the University of Kansas—my campus—caused an uproar wit… Read more »

Posted by Kayla

Feminism Isn’t an Invitation Only Party

November 7, 2013

Yesterday I read an opinion article by a colleague that caused me a bit of distress. In the article she discussed issues of restri… Read more »

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