On Sexual Debuts
I was sixteen years old. I cried. Not with pain, not with pleasure – certainly not with desire. I cried with the sheer relief…
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Dear Temporary I.T. Guy
Dear Temporary I.T. Guy, We could have been friends. We could have been buddies. When you came to my work to help Original I.T….
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Why I Love Sluts: the Influence of Sexually Promiscuous Female Identities within Media Culture
I’ve always loved sluts. I’m not sure if this is nature or nurture, as I was raised with a plethora of female role models…
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A call to arms
[Note: this piece was posted as a satire for an April Fools joke. It is was written by one of Scum’s editors, James Butler.] …
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“I prefer women who don’t wear makeup”
So recently, sitting in the backseat of a black metal-blasting Ford of an old friend of my guy-friend, the muscle-shirted, profanity-laden driver was musing on…
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THIS WEEK IN REVIEW 15th-22nd March
Brought to you by Elke Stekhoven and Hayley Stockall.
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I H8 UR DIK: Hair
There are a lot of ways to Smash the Patriarchy and one of them is to cut your own hair. Think about it: doing…
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this is how rape culture feels
1. when it’s dark and late and i’m walking alone my body is whirring in time with my frantic heartbeat and in my mind…
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Those Other Girls
I’m not like those other girls, I proclaim as I saunter down the street with my friend, both of us wearing stockings and boots…
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