Denton’s Refugees

I also filled it out. I ran into problems because I haven’t been on Jez in about a year (I was part of the exodus around the rape photo picture article), so I wasn’t around when they changed their comment […]

Done! You can also post this in an Open Thread if you like. Will you be able to share the survey results with us when it’s finished?

What a great post, Silverwane. Thanks for sharing.

Here’s a Rape Culture 101 post from Shakesville that goes into a lot of stuff on it, complete with cited sources: http://www.shakesville.com/2009/10/rape-culture-101.html

If you want to talk about the […]

If it helps at all, I’ve heard two different pronunciations of Ciara:

– the Irish one, which is closest to “Keer-a”

– an Italian one, which is like “kee-are-a”

If you want to change your name, I […]

I would really encourage you to think this through, but also let you know that there is great relief in getting rid of a name that you don’t feel comfortable with. I legally changed my name at 16 from my fathers […]

I stopped talking to my biological father when I was like 15? And soon after, resolved to change my last name once I legally could (at 18). I Was originally going to take my mom’s maiden name, but then she met […]

My first name is pretty unusual, even in my native country (I try to make things less awkward by saying that it’s the “Barbara” of Thai names, where only a certain generation of people may have an odd […]

Just a quick hello to everyone who has seen the light and left That Other Site for good. I was RaquelWelts over there, same avatar, different name.

Oh, yay! No one was responding here and I thought I scared you all off by being the mostly-lurker there, and was off packing all weekend, so glad you all came out of hiding :-)

I flounced from Jez when they launched the new comments system…I got really upset at the articles they ran on “no comments” day, and I just KNEW that the “anyone can post” idea (that we were patronizingly […]

I’ve kind of been through what you went through on a smaller scale. In middle school I was bullied pretty heavily. Only a few people I knew from middle school were going to the same high school I was, so I […]

I get what you’re saying. I’ve got a pretty common last name and even though it was given to me because it’s my dad’s last name, it also happens to be my mother’s maiden name. My relationship with my dad has […]

If changing your name to what you want is part of what will help you become the person you want to be, then do it. Don’t apologize for it or try to explain. It is what it is, and that’s it and that’s all. It’s […]