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4 Ways Smaller Fat Bodies Are Crowding the Conversation on Fat Acceptance
What happens when fat activism focuses on smaller fat bodies? Here’s some of the harm that’s caused when bigger bodies aren’t centered.
Read MoreTrying to Avoid Burnout and Still Help Others? How Intersectionality Is the Key
Do you ever feel like your activism is asking too much from you? Intersectional feminism can feel like a lot to take on, but this comic shows how it’s the key to balancing self-care with looking out for others.
Read MoreAnswers to Your Top 7 Questions About Women’s Studies
“What jobs can you get with a Women’s Studies degree?” Marina Watanabe hears lots of misconceptions about being a Women’s Studies major. So she asked for your questions, and here are her answers.
Read MoreI’m a Public School Teacher – Give Me All the Refugees You’ve Got!
Do you know about the lives of refugee children in US classrooms? Read this teacher’s story and you’ll understand why he’s lost patience with the absurd idea that refugees are a “burden.”
Read MoreHow Non-Christians Know There’s No War on Christmas
This time of year sparks debates about the ‘War on Christmas’ – a supposed attempt to keep Christians from celebrating their holiday. This comic flips the script to show what’s really going on.
Read MoreI Am a Muslim Woman and This Is What Life With a Hijab is Really Like
Ever come across a “social experiment” of non-Muslim women wearing the hijab for a day? Here’s why these efforts are missing the mark on solidarity – and what this hijabi really goes through every day.
Read MoreThis ‘Bisexual Makeup Tutorial’ Hilariously Takes Down Stereotypes
“You want to make sure your imperfections are about as visible as the bi community.” Which bisexual stereotypes bother you the most? They’re all going down with this superb parody!
Read MoreWhy Pressuring Someone to ‘Educate’ You About Their Struggles Is Oppression, Not Understanding
Ever heard or said something like “You should calm down and educate me?” It’s exhausting, and not the best way to get the info you need. Here’s why.
Read More4 Myths About Police Brutality We Need To Stop Spreading Right Now
It’s happened again – a Black man, Walter Scott, gunned down by a police officer claiming self-defense. So we’re bound to have the same conversations again, asking: is police brutality about systemic racism or a few bad cops? Rather than going in circles with the same debates, we need to put some harmful, widely-believed myths to rest. Here’s the truth about police brutality.
Read MoreHere’s What’s Really Happening When White Saviors Try to ‘Save’ Muslim Women
Can you identify Imperial Feminism? It’s the kind of “feminism” that centers the narratives of white saviors and strips away agency of Muslim women and women of color in general. Framing non-Western nations as savage and misogynistic and white Western people as heroes ignores the truth of misogyny. Read on to see it for what it really is – gendered racism.
Read More5 Liberating Ways to Practice Yoga Without Giving Into the Industry’s Neo-Colonialism
What’s the problem with yoga in the US? Maybe you’ve bristled at the allegation that it’s cultural appropriation. And why shouldn’t all people have access to this wonderful practice? Here’s a clear breakdown of what parts of this billion-dollar industry misrepresent and colonize yoga, with steps to make sure your yoga practice comes from a place of love and respect.
Read MoreYou Deserve Paid Sick Leave (So How Can You Advocate for It?)
Make no mistake: Paid sick days are a feminist issue. And they’re one of those job benefits you don’t realize you want until you suddenly need them. The ability to take time off when you or a family member is sick impacts your health, well-being, and financial security. You shouldn’t have to choose between your paycheck and your health.
Read MoreIt Took Me Two Years to Realize My Boyfriend Was Racist
When Matt and I had first started seeing each other, I often feared that he liked me only because, to him, I was a rare sight. But I put it out of my mind. I didn’t want to think about it. I realize now that our relationship didn’t fail simply because he was white and I was Asian. It failed because we had different values systems.
Read MoreOn Being Non-White, But Passing Terribly Well
This author passes for white, easily. In this article she reveals how, regardless of how she was raised or how she sees herself, this has made an impact on her life.
Read MoreTop 3 Signs You May Need a Break from the Feminist Blogosphere
Here are some symptoms of Internet Feminism Burnout that mean you might need to take it easy for a bit.
Read MoreHow My Past As A Black Woman Informs Me As A Black Male Feminist
I am not new to masculinity, but I am new to being a black man. I am new to the experience of male privilege, as well as the disprivilege of race that marks my black male body as suspect. It is the delicate balance between power and criminal that has allowed me to see misogyny in an entirely different light. But because black feminism allows me to love myself, I have learned to love black men.
Read MoreThe Truth We Live Vs. The Story We’re Coerced into Telling
Telling the truth is hard. There’s social pressure to see things in certain ways and to tell certain premeditated status-quo enabling truths. Society coerces us into telling a narrative that doesn’t reflect the truths that we know, but rather the truths that society so desperately wants us to believe. But we can do better for ourselves – and for others.
Read MoreIn on the ‘Joke’: The Accidental Minority at the Racism Party
I have no doubt that my light skin color has helped to carry me above the realm of racial epithets, but it is both a privilege and a curse. It thrust me into a more nuanced and unsettling kind of racism, a kind where you feel guilty for accidentally being the secret Brown infiltrator in a room of whites wanting to say whites-only stuff. (Trigger Warning: Racial slurs and comments.)
Read MoreMemo to White Women: Don’t Be George Zimmerman
Our warped notion of how “dangerous” Black men are leads us, like George Zimmerman, to focus a lot of anxiety on them. It leads to the modern equivalent of lynching. It perpetuates racism. It cuts us off from other human beings. When we act out of our fear and hatred, out of our unexamined programming, we’re being George Zimmerman. Here’s another thing: It doesn’t help you be safer.
Read MoreA Vision For Marriage and Much More Than Marriage: Unfolding the Layers of Liberation
Increasing marriage equality is a great step in the right direction. But it’s more important than ever to broaden the scope of what we envision for queer liberation. By unfolding the many layers of what liberation and equality could look like for the LGBTQ+ community, we’ll be able to see a nuanced picture of marriage equality that is couched in the larger movement for social justice.
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