Category Archives: Rae’s Rules

Rae’s Rules to Remember #87: Blogging is NOT a Competition

I’m going to be pretty blunt about this because 1. I feel like I shouldn’t have to say it and 2. it seems like a lot of people need reassurance when it comes to this topic. BLOGGING IS NOT A … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #86: Transphobia and Racism

A friend of mine saw the picture below on Facebook and asked for my opinion. The bottom part may be hard to read so here is what it says: basically, any sexuality other than pansexual is cissexist, transphobic and shallow. … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #85: Listen to Marginalized Groups

I haven’t done one of these in a while but there’s something that’s been bothering me lately. Awhile ago I cut off contact with a few people for posting things that I felt were offensive. Instead of listening to me … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #84: Kneeling During the National Anthem

Kneeling during the National Anthem is not disrespectful. Kneeling during the National Anthem is not meant to offend veterans or anyone actively serving in the military. If either of these responses are your answer for why you don’t approve of … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #83: White Feminism

If your automatic response is “what does being white have to do with it?” you’ve misunderstood the point. White feminism doesn’t apply to all white people who claim to be feminist. It applies to white people who claim to be … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #82: Fake Allyship

Fake allyship. Performative allyship. Whatever you want to call it, I’m sick of it. If you’re unfamiliar with this bullshit trend, it’s when someone who claims to be an ally proves that they only say so to make themselves look … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #81: Stop using the term “friend-zoned”

If you Google the definition of “friend zone” right now, this is what comes up: “a situation in which a friendship exists between two people, one of whom has an unreciprocated romantic or sexual interest in the other.” The key … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #80: Stop promoting harmful gender stereotypes to children

Even from a young age we teach children the wrong things. This carries on all through adolescence and unfortunately into adulthood. At some point our society realizes the harm in these ridiculous stereotypes but many are afraid to speak out … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #79: When White Authors Write Minority Characters

Hey there! Haven’t posted one of these in months but hopefully there will be much more to come. The inspiration for this article came from reading two separate posts about this topic, both written by white bloggers. The first was … Continue reading

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Rae’s Rules to Remember #78: Ignoring racism won’t make it “go away”

“The only way to end racism is to stop talking about it.” In case you didn’t already know, this quote is complete bullshit. Ignoring a problem is not the proper way to handle it. For example, if you find out … Continue reading

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