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How To Dress Like An Anti-Vaxxer

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By Staci Traynor I think we can all safely agree that the view that vaccines are dangerous can pretty much be ruled out as insane. Science has proven time and again that vaccines have aided in the eradication of life-threatening viruses and diseases that were once a rampant plague across the populace of the Earth. Despite the seemingly obvious benefits to mass vaccination, there remains among us a cluster of ill-informed morons who cling to the idea that vaccines are harmful and should not be administered to their children.  Worry not, because The Woke Feminist is here to set the record straight:  NO , vaccines do not cause autism. NO , the flu shot does not give you the flu. NO , pharmaceutical companies do not make large profits on vaccines. This is common sense (or so an educated person would think), but alas, not everyone is as intelligent as we would hope.  Enter anti-vaxxers. The anti-vaxxer is an enigma. They come in all shapes and sizes and tout their consp
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Why Boyfriends Need To Let Their Girlfriends Sleep With Other Guys

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By Staci Traynor I once went down on my close guy friend, Connor. Yes, this actually happened. Yes, he loved it. And for your information, I was definitely not  single at the time. Does this make me a bad person? Actually, no, it doesn't. I will put the dirty details of the Connor story in context a bit later, but first, let's start macro to build the framework of why I was definitely not in the wrong to cheat. (Also, you will soon learn why the concept of cheating is perhaps a bit "dated.") Okay. Right now, you are probably thinking something along the lines of "this girl is nuts," and I couldn't exactly fault you for judging me that way when perceived from the narrow perspective of conventional thought, which the majority of society identifies with, but we are here to shake loose the shackles of those debilitating strains of dogma. After all, if you didn't have the interest in breaking free of the constraints of Republicanized mind co
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Creepy, Perverted Behavior & Misogyny At The Gym: A Growing Trend That Has To STOP

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By Staci Traynor Being harassed at the gym isn't just a New York thing. It isn't even exclusive to the east coast for that matter. I have squatted and repped my way all across this great nation and let me tell you — I would bet not just one but both shoes involved in my beloved pair of Ryka Grafik 2s (here they are on Amazon:  https://amzn.to/2r6llLV ) that the plague of blatant misogynistic behavior of men towards women at the gym has crept its way from sea to shining sea. Yes, I am talking about the staring, the creepy approaches, the touching, and even some wacko-kinky shit that happened to me recently which I will discuss in a moment. The bottom line is this: we are experiencing a national crisis of plummeting socially acceptable demeanor, folks, and it is time to speak up about it. So here are the dirty details. According to a 2017 study conducted by a California joint-regional think tank with a primary focus on sports medicine and fitness, 79% of female gym atte
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My Epic Apology To Black Metal — The Bigger Picture

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By Staci Traynor Hello. Guys? I think that maybe — just maybe — we got off on the wrong foot here. Let me explain. It has occurred to me that my recent article, "Why 'Black Metal' Girls Will Never Be Happy" has, to an egregiously large extent, gone completely misinterpreted. For that I am deeply sorry. Many a harsh sentiment against me has been absorbed into my consciousness, yes, this gnarled underbrush where the leaves of littered words doth lie. You hurt me. But that is okay. Sometimes even writers get caught up in emotion, I suppose. Real talk. I am deeply embarrassed with how certain things were stated on my end, in retrospect, after having had these fallacies in logic pointed out to me by the esteemed and respectable members of the black metal community. (I don't know how to word this without sounding like a dick but I am being serious. You guys called me out on some broken logic and I guess what you were saying all along is finally resonat
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This is Your Life! Get Motivated: Top 5 Regrets of the Dying

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Don’t wait until your health fails before living the life you want to live Source: Bronnie Ware | from: AARP | February 1, 2012 For many years I worked in palliative care. My patients were those who had gone home to die. Some incredibly special times were shared. I was with them for the last three to 12 weeks of their lives. People grow a lot when they are faced with their own mortality. I learned never to underestimate someone's capacity for growth. Some changes were phenomenal. Each experienced a variety of emotions, as expected: denial, fear, anger, remorse, more denial and eventually acceptance. Yet every single patient found peace before departing. Every one of them. When questioned about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced. Here are the most common five: 1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This was the most common regret of all. When peo
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Why "Black Metal" Girls Will Never Be Happy

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By Staci Traynor Every subculture has it's fair share of freaks but not every freak has a subculture. Enter the New York black metal scene. Last weekend I had the unlikely (dis)pleasure of accompanying a friend of mine to the famed Duff's heavy metal bar in Williamsburg — not my typical stomping ground but it was Saturday and the excitement once gleaned from my usual hangouts felt as though it was wearing thin, and I was invited, and I didn't have any other plans at the time, so yea, what the hell, I thought. It was a decision made moreso out of boredom than anything else. If there is one thing that consistently manages to get my creative juices flowing, it is the complete, unabashed immersement in the far depths beyond my comfort zone and this place proved to be nothing short of it. What surprised me most about Duff's as I first walked in was not the obscene amount of album posters on the walls or the red Christmas lights lining the ceilings, or any of th
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Why Being Hot Does NOT Mean Getting What You Want All The Time

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By Staci Traynor "Look at her, she is so beautiful. I'll bet she gets everything she wants, being so hot." These words, or some semblance of them, are uttered day in and day out across the spectrum of the world’s people-watchers, the silent coffee-drinkers on park benches, musing at the seemingly flawless beauty possessed by a passing female who they either yearn to be, or, yearn to have. And it is disgusting. “I'll bet she gets everything she wants.” Really? Do you actually believe that? If that were the case I would not be $60,000 in debt due to a college loan that bought me a degree that I have yet to use. If us “hot girls” got everything we wanted, we wouldn’t be searching for jobs. We wouldn’t be searching for love. We wouldn’t be fighting anxiety, or depression, or social pressures of any kind. And most importantly, we as activists would no longer be required to expend the effort that we currently do in bringing these issues to the pu
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