Alex Reaves
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Alex Reaves is a sad and bored teenager living in the suburbs. While not writing for publications such as xoJane and Thought Catalog, she thinks about her future cats. @weil_knockoff
Don’t get me wrong, I love makeup. Whether it’s the thick strokes of liner around my eyes or the plum…
I’m obsessed with boys. They come waltzing in when I close my eyes before bed and are among…
A woman is a woman. Black or white, straight or gay, tall or short, a feminist should recognize…
By now you’ve probably heard of the University of Chicago’s controversial decree: they passionately object to the idea…
“How would you feel if I used racially specific insults?” This is what a white man said while…
In 2012 a young woman known as “Jane Doe” to the public was found dead next to two…
“There are no ugly women, only lazy ones,” a cosmetics magnate once quipped. Perhaps she was right, and…
I was 17. He was 33. We were on a date. Of all the things I’d done in…
Women are often on the receiving end of abuse. Whether through sexual, physical or psychological means, they’re at…
The selfie is the modern day self-portrait. Despite being derided as narcissistic, silly and stupid, the front-facing camera…