It was my senior year of college and I’d already finished the required classes for my major, so I decided to expand my horizons and pick some subjects I’d never considered.

My course load for fall semester consisted of Tap Dance 101, Intro to Ethnography, Gender and Sexuality, and Intro to Beekeeping.

Gender and Sexuality might seem like a weird choice for a 22-year-old guy who plays Ultimate Frisbee. But I have three sisters who love harping on me about feminism, so I already felt like a feminist. Though, admittedly, I didn’t have any formal knowledge on the subject.

Well, it was an eye-opener. Lots of sad stuff about oppression and abuse, the patriarchy, and all that, but I also learned some cool historical facts. (Did you know the suffragettes practiced jiu-jitsu for self-defense?)... Read More