Christine Salek

Bio

Christine is a writer and perpetual student living in Des Moines, Iowa. Her writing can also be found on Medium, the Gonzaga Bulletin, and ResearchGate.
5 Things I Learned During My Gap Year
By Christine Salek
Throughout college, I always assumed I would segue straight from my undergraduate studies to graduate school without a break in between. I figured that maintaining an academic mindset over the summer, as I always had, would serve me best as I…
"Hysterical Literature" — Videos Of Women Having An Orgasm While Reading Literature
By Christine Salek
E.L. James' infamous Fifty Shades of Grey trilogy challenged the world's view of erotic literature, a genre often dismissed for its sexual or "smutty" themes, as it quickly topped the New York Times bestseller list and pushed erotica into the…
More Proof That Comprehensive Sex Education is the Only Kind That Works
By Christine Salek
In spite of certain politicians and groups denouncing the value of comprehensive sex education in schools, the statistics don't lie: In California, the teenage pregnancy rate has decreased by 60% in the last 20 years. The trend is heavily…
3 Concepts That Have Lost All Meaning in the Texas Abortion Debate
By Christine Salek
As the Texas abortion debate continued on Tuesday night, several familiar terms kept creeping back into the vernacular of certain Republican representatives. And, as such, the contradictions and rule-breaking that have become commonplace in this…
This Poem By a Texas Woman Just Schooled Anti-Choicers Everywhere
By Christine Salek
As Governor Rick Perry's second special session continued in Texas on Monday night, thousands of people showed up in Austin to testify at the Senate committee hearing for the Senate's incarnation of the omnibus anti-abortion bill, Senate Bill…
Suzy Favor Hamilton Shouldn't Be Shamed For Turning to Sex Work
By Christine Salek
In 1983, the Big Ten Conference established a women's Athlete of the Year award and later named it after Suzy Favor Hamilton, a University of Wisconsin middle distance runner and alumna who followed her illustrious college career with three…
Another Old Republican Dude Who Doesn't Understand Sexual Harrassment
By Christine Salek
Even after a yearlong federal investigation into the University of Montana's beleaguered sexual harassment policy ended with the university acknowledging its past discrimination against women and improving its response system, Sen. John McCain…
Transgender Students Now Allowed on the Team (and in the Locker Room)
By Christine Salek
California took a huge step toward transgender equality on Wednesday as lawmakers passed AB-1266, which requires K-12 schools to allow students to join sports teams, participate in sex-segregated activities, and use facilities consistent with their…
Fallon Fox: This Transgender Fighter's Fellow Athletes Have Her Back — Do You?
By Christine Salek
A new online campaign started by the LGBT athlete network GO! Athletes called "Fighting 4 Fallon" is challenging its participants to educate the world about trans issues in the name of mixed martial-arts fighter Fallon Fox. By respectfully…
5 Books That Would Make Perfect Movies
By Christine Salek
We've all finished a book and immediately thought, "Wow, I'd love to see this on the big screen." Sometimes the results are awesome (especially when the book's author is a big part of the production team). Other times, that's unfortunately not the…