Category: Psychology

The Enemy Within: Part 1

By cheyenne

On September 13, 2012

I’d like to talk about shame. More honestly, I have to. There’s nothing about shame I enjoy discussing, and when the topic comes up in our home, between my partner and myself, it almost always provokes tears, choking up, and casts a pall over whatever happiness we were sharing. This is why I have to […]

Afternoon Inqueery , Education , Pseudoscience , Psychology

AI: Worst Science Teacher

By Benny Vimes

On June 26, 2012

I am attending a community college, taking my general degree requirements before transferring to a University for my BS. This summer I am taking Intro to Psychology class (3 credits, 6 weeks, pretty i

Cissexism , Gender , Health / Medicine , Psychology , Transgender

Queer Health: Standards of Care

By Rimi

On May 26, 2012

As a transgirl smack-dab in the middle of her transition, I have a vested interest in transgender rights developments around the world. Often times I’m left disappointed, but some news coming out of

An Object Lesson: Part 1

By cheyenne

In Feminism , Gender , Psychology

On May 24, 2012

If you’ve ever argued with a self identified “rational, logical” person over the existence of things like patriarchy, odds are you cherish the times science backs up your claims. Of course, you also probably have had whatever studies you proffered dismissed out of hand as quackery, or worse, taken as proof of their own argument […]

Gay , Homophobia , Lesbian , Psychology , Science

Internalized Homophobia Turned Outward

By Benny Vimes

On April 12, 2012

What the queer community has suspected for basically forever is true: One of the driving factors causing homophobic opinions and behaviors is one's OWN same-sex desires. A new paper from the Jour

Psychology , Skepticism

Being Closeted to Yourself

By Yessenia

On January 12, 2012

I am a straight woman. That’s what I would tell myself. I am a woman and I like men. This fiction overwhelmed my early childhood self-identification as a boy (or rather, “not like other gi

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