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Male Nudity in Public
Jamie Utt realizes that it’s time to put some pants on. I’ve gotta admit . . . I am a man who used to love me some public nudity. Some of my friends used to joke that you didn’t graduate from Earlham...
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The Chicago Teacher Strike is NOT About Teacher Salaries
Former CPS teacher Jamie Utt explains exactly why the Chicago Teachers Union strike is about so much more than money. Originally appeared at Change From Within If you’ve watched the news in the last...
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An Eye for an Eye? Jerry Sandusky, Male Survivors and Prison Rape
Jamie Utt notes that while revenge may be our first reaction to violence, it does nothing to solve the problem, nor does it support survivors in their healing. As the verdict was handed down that...
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This Thanksgiving, Try Accountability With Your Turkey
Jamie Utt challenges us to remember that Thanksgiving isn’t just a time to give thanks, but also to remember the atrocities committed against the indigenous nations of North America and help make...
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The “Yes, No, Maybe” Chart – A Tool For Talking About Consent
Jamie Utt offers his version of the “Yes, No, Maybe” Chart to help couples talk about their limits—and their fantasies. — Clear, Honest, and Open communication should be a part of any sexual...
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Want the Best Sex of Your Life? Just Ask!
Jamie Utt explains how consent is about much more than preventing sexual violence. “Sex just isn’t fun any more.” “What!?” I exclaimed. “I dunno. I just feel like its gotten to the point where if I...
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Engaging with ‘Idle No More’ and Indigenous Struggles for Justice
Jamie Utt offers meaningful ways to help support Idle No More and other Indigenous and First Nations grassroots causes. The more Idle No More grows, the more White folks seem oblivious. The movement...
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I AM George Zimmerman
AP Photo It’s been one year since Trayvon Martin was murdered. The most vital question today is this: What role are you playing in the transformation of society so that this cannot happen again? I...
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Racism, Appropriation and The Harlem Shake
Jamie Utt explains how the YouTube craze being called The Harlem Shake is actually quite problematic. If you aren’t familiar with the Harlem Shake craze that is sweeping the internet, you may have...
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Spring Has Sprung, But You Don’t Have To
With warm weather comes more revealing clothes. Jamie Utt encourages men to resist the urge to objectify or harass women in the spirit of “Spring Fever”. How is it possible that any person could hate...
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Dehumanization, Paternalism and Charity: On #FitchTheHomeless
Jamie Utt explains that while the person behind dressing homeless people in Abercrombie & Fitch was probably trying to do good, using people as pawns is dehumanizing. The internet is in...
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An Open Letter to the Rapey Frat Brother and the “How to Get Laid” Generation
Jamie Utt offers the Georgia Tech student who called women “rapebait” a sex-positive view of masculinity and party culture. — My brother, I’m going to give you the benefit of the doubt. I’m not sure...
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100 Words on Love: Powerfully Selfish
100 Words on Love, by Jamie Utt – If there’s anything I know about love, it’s this: love is an act of will that’s at once endlessly selfless and powerfully selfish. Love is an act of will, a choice...
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Please Be That Guy! 7 Men Who Are Transforming Masculinity
Jamie Utt offers a list of seven guys who are turning their backs on old stereotypes to be advocates for equality. Lately I’ve been seeing a pattern. More and more men are standing up to misogyny, to...
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White People: Take a Friend to See ’12 Years a Slave’
Jamie Utt has a request for fellow white people this Thanksgiving weekend. – White people, This weekend I saw 12 Years a Slave. I am still sorting through my feelings and my reactions to the film,...
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Ending Bullying: Being an UPstander, No Matter Who You Are
Jamie Utt wonders how many people stay silent in the face of bullying, and helps us teach kids to be UPstanders, not bystanders. __ This past year, as I watched the whole Dolphins Bullying fiasco...
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Stop Thinking Like a Perpetrator: 4 Ways to Better Support Survivors of...
Jamie Utt shows us four important ways to abandon perpetrator logic and stop denying the pain of survivors. ____ It’s been heartening to see the ways that sexual violence is being discussed more...
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The Wages of Whiteness: How Ferguson Calls on White People to Regain Our...
Jamie Utt explains how racism robs us of our ability to feel and to empathize in the face of injustice. – White people, we face a choice. We can choose to continue to invest in White supremacy and in...
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Interrupting Bernie: Exposing the White Supremacy of the American Left
Marissa Johnson, left, speaks as Mara Jacqueline Willaford holds her fist overhead and Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., stands nearby as the two women take over the...
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So, You Think Affirmative Action Gives White People a Disadvantage?
Let’s talk about the real affirmative action: Jamie Utt discusses white privilege, the American education system, and socioeconomic status. ___ I notice that whenever I can do question and answer...
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