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

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Tilting In Our Favor: Pinball May Be The Most Inclusive Gaming Space For Women

Other gaming communities could learn a thing or two from the surprisingly (mostly) welcoming world of pinball.

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Things My Exes Left Behind: A Flannel Shirt, A Polaroid And The Search For Common Ground

There's a dresser in my drawer, and all it contains is a flannel shirt and a picture of me and Henrietta, from Christmas 2013.

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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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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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Tiffany's Stalkers Get Their Own Movie: Welcome to Freaky Friday Films

Every Friday, our very DoubleCakes scours the videosphere for the best cringe-inducing documentaries, found footage and TV specials of yore.

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Dear Eron Gjoni, You Do Not Have The Right To Share And Shame The People Your Partner Cheated On You With 

A tale as old as rhyme: boy meets girl, gets his feelings hurt, and spreads her personal information on the internet. Here's my take on Zoe Quinn.

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Things My Exes Left Behind: The Handmade Apron And The Mother In Me

The apron was a birthday gift—to both of us, really. She was the first woman to ever call me 'Mommy.'

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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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Fall Of The Machine Age: MMA Fighter Attempts Suicide in Jail

The cycle of un-addressed intimate partner violence in MMA continues for War Machine, now recovering from a suicide attempt.

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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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