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Some believe that since gay men do not want to be sexually intimate with women, our uninvited touching and groping is benign. In a culture that doesn’t see gay men as “men”, our sexist acts are instead read as “diva worship” or “celebrating women” even when they are acts of objectification, assault, and dehumanization. We must question these assumptions in ourselves and in our communities.

Are feminists allowed to like Valentine’s Day? Of course we are. And we’re also allowed to not like it. Valentine’s Day teaches us to show love through consumerism when obligated by a holiday and in only heteronormative and gendered ways. At the same time, it can be fun and satisfying to celebrate the holiday in a way that reclaims celebrating loving relationships for ourselves.

Fit person running, with a gray wall in the background

What does it say about how we value bodies when “fitspo” – or “fitspiration” – is so popular? There have been many debates about whether fitspo is empowering or disempowering, but we don’t often think about how fitspiration is highly ableist in its assumptions about health and our ability to work out to extremes. It’s time to expose these assumptions.

Being poor and supporting a family of five on under $30,000 has taught me that stereotypes about the poor, created by dominant culture, foster a climate of fear, shame, and embarrassment in those who do their best to deny their poverty. But being broke is nothing to be ashamed of. What is shameful is that so many are degraded by precisely those who rely upon their labor.

Worried that you might be a “bad bisexual?” Connor Manning shuts down the idea that there’s a wrong way to be bi.

I’m not saying that it makes sense for everyone to center all conversations around the patriarchy and drop everything to get a Master’s in Gender Studies. That would probably leave you friendless and broke. As selfish as it sounds, it can be helpful to ask “What’s in it for me?” And human issues are all interconnected, so making someone else’s life easier can help you, indirectly or otherwise.

Why did this group of disabled people risk their safety for fellow Americans, most of whom would be quick to erase and invisibilize them?

Coming across social media photos of people’s breakfast and feeling like privacy is dead? This comic shows why privacy rights are more important than ever.

What does it mean for the rest of us if academia is a white, wealthy boys’ club? Celia Edell explains how sexism shows up – can you relate to any of these issues?

These appalling stories are sadly common – and unfortunately, it’s also common for others to blame or ignore a fat person being harassed. This is an urgent call for change.

Can you really measure your health by a simple number like the BMI? This awful trip to the doctor’s office shows how this misleading method is hurting us.

“Where am I supposed to pee?” Anti-trans “bathroom bills” are ridiculous – and revealing the real reason why people support them makes it so clear.

Teen and “tween” (that difficult, in-between age of 9-12) girls nowadays have it rough. Contrast this with the caveman era that I grew up in, that oh-so-long-ago decade known as the 1990s, in which girls could simply chillax and be themselves…kind of. But before we roll our eyes at the behavior of “kids these days,” we should at least consider how our adolescence was different.

We in the pro-choice community and reproductive justice movement should stop being placated by rape and incest exceptions. Anyone should be able to access abortion — which is healthcare — at any time for any reason. No one should be questioned or examined or scrutinized in order to have a routine medical procedure.

Hearing the phrase “Asian sadness” made me feel like my depression linked to my Asian American identity isn’t just something I made up.

Climate gentrification is when marginalized communities are displaced by factors related to climate change — both environmental and manmade.

Wow, lots of different people are hurt by this “everyone’s a little bi” idea – so find out why it’s harmful, and what to say instead.

“But you’re a woman – and you’re a Latina! You’re not privileged.” Kat Lazo’s inviting fellow Latinxs to understand how privilege shows up in your life.

“Spoiler alert: Not all of us look like this when we’re naked.” These women are breaking down the TRUTH! Can you relate?

Did you catch this artist’s last comic about how there’s no such thing as “trans enough?” Here’s an important follow-up – with the disturbing reality about trans experiences with the medical industry.