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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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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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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Blow The Roofie Off This Joint

Nail polish and straws put rape prevention squarely on the shoulders of women, a responsbility we've always borne.

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Hell In High Wheels: Women In The Monster Truck Game

Visibility and respect, held with tired arms in a dire double headlock—this is the struggle of women in sports.

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Halloween In Hell: 6 Offensive Costumes That Should Burn For All Eternity

Hailing from the bowels of hell, it's time to meet Pocahottie, Sexy Eskimo, Sexy China Doll . . . and more!

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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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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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Our Dream Ghostbusters Cast With Queer Women And Women Of Color

Jane Lynch, Aubrey Plaza, Rosario Dawson, Laverne Cox . . . we're looking at you.

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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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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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