Carrie Murphy

Over at the blog Tenure, She Wrote, a Ph.D student named Gracie writes about what happened when she received the appalling suggestion to "teach naked" from one of her students on a mid-semester evaluation. Gracie was, understandably, confused,…

Sometimes, the Internet is so awesome. Like when it provides an opportunity and a space for someone to curate an incredible creative project. This time around, that someone is writer Megan Milks and the project is a tumblr that seeks to…

I don't know if personal food blogs have had their moment or not, but I still read them obsessively, mainly because I love learning new recipes while also getting to know a fun online personality. (For the record, fashion blogs? MOMENT OVER. Sorry,…

Hmm. I smell a big old stink egg of sexism and ageism emanating directly from this post over on Sports Illustrated's Extra Mustard blog. Why? Because the writer, Samer Kalaf, apparently found the fact that LeBron James' mother, Gloria James, is…

You need to read this teenage girl's piece about why selfies are hurting teenage girls. Olympia Nelson, writing for Australia's Essential Kids website, creates a compelling argument as to how and why the now-ubiquitous social media self portraits…

A few months ago, Emily Lindin decided to publish her own, raw, emotional diaries from the time she was branded the middle school "slut," in order to start a conversation about bullying, slut-shaming, and women's sexuality. The reaction to Emily's…

I partied a lot in high school. Like, a lot a lot a lot. Like, every weekend with 40s and bottles of Smirnoff passed around hurriedly in the woods, games of beer pong in basements, fake ID after fake ID after fake ID. I engaged in risky behavior…

The entire cheerleading team of Towson University has been suspended for the academic year for hazing. Yes, the entire team. The school didn't say much about the incident, but spokesperson Deb Moriarty did tell the Baltimore Sun that: "Hazing in any…