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It's Time To Change How We Look At The Teen Brain

It's worth questioning some of our assumptions about adolescent inferiority.

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Ravish Me This . . . Top 5 Reads Of The Week

Pin-up fashion help. Sex-talk with kids. And accidentally "fluffing" a porn star. Being a woman is amazing.

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And In This Corner, The Fantasy Girl-Fight Zine Of Our Dreams

Women have a "proper place," even in fantastic far away universes of the ultra-violent. When women in fighting games kick ass, it's done for sex appeal.

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That Time I Failed To Date Myself

I know I’m not easy to love, or date. I know this because I dated myself.

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Literary Life Lessons From 5 Extraordinary Black Female Protagonists

Literature provides space for Black women to see happiness and triumph.

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Fiction Friday: At Fourteen

His mouth was soft. He could swear, make out, act indifferent, complain, and get embarrassed all in five minutes.

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Why I Won't Be Losing Weight For My Wedding

The wedding industrial complex is doing everything in its power to convince me I need to lose weight. And it's taking every ounce of self-will to not let it.

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Online Isn't The "Real World"—And Other Dangerous Lies

Check out more stories from Ravishly's special series on misogynist trolling

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