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Here’s What’s Okay (And Not Okay) to Say to a Trans Person – Once and For All
People have a lot of questions about what is and isn’t appropriate to say to a trans person. But getting this down is the most basic form of allyship. What would you add?
Read More5 Ways to Still Feel Like a Man When You Have Your Period
Some of these are unexpected – but all of them can be really empowering.
Read More4 Popular Complaints About Campus Activism That Are Totally Misguided
“College is not day care.” Based on a lot of conversations on campus activism, you’d think today’s college activists are just complaining about nothing. Here what the skeptics are getting wrong – and how to deal with them.
Read MorePansexuality 101: It’s More Than ‘Just Another Letter’
For some, the LGBPTQIA+ acronym can be intimidating in its all-inclusivity – “How am I supposed to memorize every identity in this nebula, and learn to respect them in my everyday life as well?” Worry not, kind feminist! Getting to know the basics will help to ease this overwhelmed feeling. Let’s explore one specific identity in this acronym today – pansexuality.
Read More5 Ways ‘Asian Woman Fetishes’ Put Asian Women in Serious Danger
If you’ve ever wondered what the “big deal” is about racist fetishes, this horrifying information about the objectification of East Asian women will show you exactly why they’re a problem.
Read More7 Affirmations for Polyamorous People Who Are Struggling with Self-Judgment
Have you internalized society’s judgments against polyamory and other forms of non-monogamy? It can be really painful. But every polyamorous person deserves to get these uplifting affirmations.
Read More4 Reasons Why Penis Size Shaming Is Anti-Feminist
“Small penis” jokes are common even among outspoken feminists and progressives – and this author’s giving some much-needed perspective on why they need to stop.
Read More8 Tips on Respectfully Talking Pleasure, Sex, and Bodies With Your Trans Lover
It’s super important to have conversations about sexual boundaries, consent, and desires with your lovers. These conversations keep us safer, but there aren’t many examples for how to respectfully and non-fetishistically have them when your lover is trans. This article provides insight on how to compassionately negotiate sexual dialogue with your trans partner.
Read More6 Ways to Support a Survivor of Woman-on-Woman Sexual Violence
“Will I be taken seriously?” All survivors deserve support – including survivors of woman-on-woman rape. Here’s how to give that support.
Read MoreDress Codes, Double Standards, and 4 Other Subtle Ways Women Face Sexism at Work
If you can relate to these, here’s some help proving how subtle sexism can create a hostile work environment – and hope for changing the conversation.
Read More5 Challenges for Modern LGBTQIA+ Teens (And How You Can Help)
We all know that homelessness, suicide, homophobia, and transphobia remain awful realities for too many young LGBTQIA+ people. These crises get a decent amount of attention. But many LGBTQIA+ teens face different challenges that don’t always make it on our radar. Here are five issues that may not grab headlines, but are still pretty arduous for queer and trans teens today.
Read More7 Ways to Be a Better Ally to LGBTQIA+ Parents
This author meets many people who want to be her ally, but don’t know where to start. These tips can help you support queer families in everyday ways.
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 MoreFeminism Now: What the Third Wave is Really About
Feminism is a creature with many faces these days. But bottom line, the goal is homogenous: Feminism aims for gender equality within a currently patriarchal society. Sometimes it’s just hard to get massive amounts of people to agree exactly what the best means to achieving that goal is. So here is a list of five things that the current movement of feminism absolutely is.
Read MoreStill Think Trans Women Have Male Privilege? These 7 Points Prove They Don’t
The debate is fierce, bitter, and as old as second wave feminism: do trans women experience male privilege? Some people believe they do, but here’s the important information they’re missing.
Read MoreMental Health Survival Tips You Can Use Right Now
With this comic’s mental health survival tips, take some small steps to your big victory of wellness.
Read MoreWhy ‘Don’t Read the Comments’ Is Solid Advice – In Comic Form
“Don’t read the comments.” You’ve gotten the warning, but we’ve all had the experience of reading a supportive article, only to scroll down to comments that try to tear you down. This comic captures that experience perfectly. It’s a reminder of what we all could use – either support to avoid reading the comments or support to take care of ourselves when we do.
Read MoreHealthy Relationships Come in All Shapes and Sizes
Too often, conversations around what healthy relationships look like completely ignore relationships that fall outside of the heterosexual, monogamous framework that our society so desperately wants us to cling to. But there are all sorts of ways to have relationships – including within asexuality, polyamory, and kink – and they all can be healthy and satisfying.
Read MoreA Love Letter to Two Spirit and Native LGBTQIA+ Survivors of Corrective Rape
If you’re queer and Native, and you can relate this author’s experience of sexual violence, we hope this affirming letter reminds you that you’re not alone. Here’s what this survivor of corrective rape wishes someone had told them.
Read More5 Reasons Why We Need to Change the Way We Talk About ‘Emasculating’ Asian Men
It’s important to shut down the stereotypes “emasculating” Asian men. But this author’s got some great points about how we tend to talk about these stereotypes in problematic ways – starting with calling it “emasculation.”
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