Em-URGE-ing Voices

Your urgent thoughts, urging action

Posted by Kenyetta Whitfield

Turner Test: How Long is Long Enough?

September 22, 2016

Earlier this month articles started circulating about the devil himself – Brock Turner (but don’t worry this article isn’t about h… Read more »

Posted by Rachel Bezek

Trust Me, We’ve Got This: Women and Birth Control Edition

September 21, 2016

I didn’t need birth control until I was almost eighteen. A few months away from college, not sexually active, and not facing any d… Read more »

Posted by Aleo Pugh

5 Tired Microaggressions Trans People Are Tired of Hearing

September 20, 2016

I realized that I was trans when I was 15 and a sophomore in high school. Prior to then, I was mostly occupied with uncovering my… Read more »

Posted by Taylor Crumpton

College Football, Masculinity, and Sexual Assault

September 15, 2016

It’s college football season! From now until the Super Bowl, millions of Americans will dedicate their Saturays to college footbal… Read more »

Posted by Kristina Agbebiyi

Slurs Ain’t Cute

September 14, 2016

The first time I had ever heard the phrase “bitch” I was no older than seven years old. It was a rainy day in Michigan and my mom… Read more »

Posted by Jessica Morgan

Is This My Land Too?

September 13, 2016

Body language. Facial expressions. Volume. All are irrefutable evidence of what makes respectability politics a core element deman… Read more »

Posted by Micaela Elizabeth Canales

In Favor of a Full Bush: Why I Want Healthcare Education to include Pubes

September 12, 2016

This past week, as a part of my first official semester in nursing school, I learned how to insert a urinary catheter. A urinary c… Read more »

Posted by Kenyetta Whitfield

Chubby Not Chastity: Guess What? I’m Fat and Want Plan B

September 8, 2016

During finals week this past April, I found myself slumped over a frequently dying PC, empty Starbucks double shots and a series o… Read more »

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