Jetta Rae DoubleCakes

Jetta Rae DoubleCakes

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Jetta Rae’s story starts playing baseball in Germany and ends writing educational songs for children on her ukulele.    In between she co-edits Consent Culture, hosts grappling workshops for women, and volunteers at the Pacific Pinball Museum.

Jetta Rae DoubleCakes Articles

Why Are 'Lesbian Feminists' Attacking Trans Women?

We deserve to be safe. We deserve to live—even at the cost of your flawed, incomplete grasp of lesbian identity.

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Fighting Back Against The Misogynistic Gaming Community Does Not Make Me A 'Social Justice Warrior'

This implies there are rules. And when it comes to GamerGate, there are no rules.

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No A-poly-gies: A Social Justice Perspective On Non-Monogamy

Being a polyamorist has yet to afford me that “communal pride.” It’s not an identity that I associate with good politics. Yet.

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Discomfort Food: How We Feed The Infirm And Incarcerated Is Disgusting

When you openly deride poor/sick/incarcerated people who have access to nutritious and delicious food, you set us all up for failure.

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The Love In The Stitching Of My Girlfriend's Hand-Me-Down Dress

As a trans woman, I dress for solidarity. I dress to be identified. And now, I have received my "dress blues."

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From Scientology To Ernest Angley: When Religion Controls The Right To Have Kids

News that televangelist Angley forced congregants to have abortions shocked the nation. But his actions don't exist in a vacuum.

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Things My Exes Left Behind: Lavender Lotion Scented With Heartache

I put the lotion on my skin for a week after they left, hoping that it would bring me stop-gap solace until they forgave me and came back.

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TMI Tuesday: Help! I Shart My Lover's Bed!

DoubleCakes dishes out advice to a reader who did something unseemly in her one-night-stand's bed.

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Any Way You Slice It: A Trans Woman Reflects On Amputation Fetish

I have an intense, irrational fear of amputation. I threw up trying to read Geek Love. I get light-headed, piss-pantsy in Halloween stores.

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Why It’s Time To Put A Stop To Feminist ‘Infighting’ Accusations

Speaking out for the rights of all women doesn’t make me a misandrist or an infighter.

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