Lena Chen 

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Dec 9th

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Lip Magazine | lena chen on coming out as a... →

Check out Erin Stewart’s interview with me, now up on Lip Magazine’s website! I talk about how the fight for gender equality intersects with the queer movement and dish on Feminist Coming Out Day, a national awareness campaign I’m planning for March 8, 2011. We’ll be hosting a charity t-shirt sale (to benefit an awesome women’s organization — stay tuned for news on the recipient!), planning events...

Dec 9th

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Are Single Mothers Raising Their Daughters to Be... →

I don’t usually write much about my family or my mother, but this piece just went up today and I wanted to share, because it’s a little more personal than what gets published on this blog. It’s a first-person essay I wrote for AOL’s women’s site, Lemondrop: When I announced on my blog that I didn’t believe in marriage, I expected the typical reactions: Don’t you want a ring and proposal? ...

Dec 9th

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Ask Lena: “I think I might be gay! Am I?” Amber Heard recently came out at the GLAAD 25th anniversary party. So reader Susie was wondering…how do you know if you’re gay? Unfortunately there is no hard and fast rule, other than being attracted to the same sex. But sexuality is fluid, and there’s no real reason to attach labels to yourself that may not fit. Check out my video above...

Dec 7th

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ask lena: do i tweet too much? | gURL.com I love Twitter. I love my boyfriend. It stands to reason that I would love tweeting pictures of my boyfriend. But how do other people feel about it? There is such a thing as electronic overshare — when people just become fed up with your superfluous updates of pda via your twitter, Facebook wall, or, uh, myspace… Jessica Simpson is guilty of posting a...

Dec 6th

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ask lena: how do i get back with my ex? | gURL.com Miley Cyrus and Liam Hemsworth broke up and got back together (and then broke up again). Evan Rachel Wood and Marilyn Manson tried time and time again. Speidi…don’t even get me started. On and off relationships happen, a lot. Are you in that postion with your sweetie right now?  If you want to get back with your ex, listen up, because I’ve...

Dec 5th

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Ask Lena: “Rachel Berry repulses me, but I see myself in her. How can I be less clingy?” Check me out on gURL.com giving the latest sex and dating advice!

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