Posts by Alaina Leary
5 Essential Ways to Support the Autistic Community in Autism Acceptance
You know it’s bad when an autistic person dreads every Autism Awareness Month. Let’s do better as allies with these tips.
Read MoreWhy You Need to Start Including Disabled People in Your Healthcare Activism
Telling people to stock up on medication in case they lose coverage? Tips like this aren’t taking disabled and chronically ill people into account.
Read MoreWhy We Need to Stop Comparing Mental Illness to Physical Illness
Should we be treating mental illness more like we treat physical illness? This is said to address mental health stigma, but here’s why it’s not helping.
Read More5 Ways Your Stereotyping of Bisexual People Feeds into Rape Culture
Have you noticed how many stereotypes about bisexuality relate to the harmful gender norms of rape culture? You will after reading this.
Read More10+ Examples of Everyday Language That Supports Rape Culture
“They friendzoned me!” You may not mean to make life harder for survivors, abut if you’re using these common phrases, that’s exactly what you’re doing.
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