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So You Want to Try Polyamory
So you’ve been reading about polyamory and have decided it’s something you want to try. Or maybe you’re still thinking about it, but don’t have a clear sense of where you’d even begin. It can take some time to figure out how polyamory works best in your life. Here are a few tips, guidelines, and things to consider for people just starting out in the poly world.
Read More12 Personal Rights Women Have in Intimate Relationships
This author was taught to always put others’ needs first. Everyone deserves these things in a relationship, and if you’re a woman, you can probably use these reminders.
Read MoreToo Queer for Your Binary: Everything You Need to Know and More About Non-Binary Identities
It’s true that gender is a complex idea that means something different to every person. But this doesn’t give us much of an idea about how queer genders are experienced by people. It’s in every feminist’s best interest to listen and pay attention to trans people, so let’s explore some common ways gender is experienced by people in the trans community.
Read More3 Ways Men Who Loved Me Violated My Consent – And What This Says About Rape Culture
Can you relate to any of these examples? There’s a pattern here that really shows how entrenched rape culture is.
Read More5 Reasons Why Menstruation Is Awesome (Despite What We’re Told)
Menstruation. That dirty little secret that half the population is expected to keep. That shameful reality that we take extreme measures to avoid. It’s completely reasonable that one might not enjoy a period. But those are not reasons to be shamed for having a body that bleeds. We need to reclaim this experience and find power in the blood that unites us!
Read MoreHere’s What It Means to Have Healthy Communication in a Romantic Relationship
Everyone says communication is the most important part of a relationship – but what does healthy communication actually look like? If you’re stuck on this question, Celia Edell has practical tips to help.
Read More3 Ways Anti-Feminism Hurts People of All Genders
It’s obvious when anti-feminists are anti-woman – this will help you get how anti-feminism is hurting people of all genders, including men.
Read More4 Lessons from the Trenches of Allyship
Being an ally is difficult, especially as a heterosexual cis male. The pressures of (traditional notions of) masculinity and a lifetime of systematic patriarchal training are difficult to overcome. So I have compiled four pieces of advice — based on my own experiences and slip-ups — to help all cis males (myself included) become open feminists and allies.
Read MoreLet’s Be Real, Mainstream LGBTQIA+ Organizations Aren’t Really Showing Up For QTPOC. Here’s What They Need To Do Now
The ‘LGBTQIA+ community’ is rife with hierarchies in power, and it’s been time to not just include, but center the most vulnerable members.
Read More5 Reasons Why It’s Okay If You Don’t Want Children
You can get some rude assumptions when you say that you don’t plan on starting a family, especially if you’re a woman. These reminders can help you deal.
Read More6 Unhelpful Comments That Gaslight People in Conversations About Social Justice
Are you gaslighting people when they tell you about injustice? Even if you just mean to be reassuring, here’s how these comments miss the point in hurtful ways.
Read MoreYes, Non-Binary People Experience Gender Dysphoria Too
“My dysphoria fluctuates almost hourly. I can feel fine, look in a mirror, not like what I see, and my day is ruined.”
Read More6 Options for Finding Help After a Sexual Assault
If you’ve been sexually assaulted, you might feel confused about what happened and what to do next. Dr. Lindsey Doe has some answers to remind you that you’re not alone and there’s help available.
Read MoreI Was Raped By a Woman (And Then Dated Her for Two Years)
(Trigger warning: rape.) Like most college freshmen, I drank too much. And one night, I drank too much and was pitched out of a frat house in the dead of winter. I woke up in my lofted bed. My clothing was on the floor, and I felt an invisible miasma of shame engulfing me. And my coping mechanism was to make my rapist my partner, giving purpose and intent to something horrible.
Read MoreHow Being the Only Black Student Taught Me What Internalized Racism Is Really About
We learned a lot from this author’s understanding of the “bigger picture” around internalized racism – and her inspiring story of finding community. Can you relate to her transformation?
Read More10 Examples of Straight Privilege
We still live in a society where straight people have more rights, power, and freedom. Here’s how straight privilege comes into play.
Read More4 Ways Sexist, Macho Culture Hurts Men
Macho culture can be deadly, particularly for women. But it’s both naïve and harmful to ignore the ways these ideas about masculinity hurt men. Here are four ways.
Read MoreNo, There Isn’t a Huge Crisis of Overdiagnosing Mental Illness and Disability– And Here’s Why
“Big Pharma is funding the misdiagnosis of mental illness so it can sell more drugs!” Here’s why this message is more complicated than you think – and who it’s hurting.
Read MoreHow an Indie Singer Became a Marriage Equality Activist
After President Obama publically announced his support of same-sex marriage for the first time, Arro Verse, a publically out indie singer and songwriter, felt called to create a song commemorating this moment.
Read More3 Reasons Why Donald Trump’s Misogynistic Downfall Was Inevitable
Some people think the reaction to Trump’s latest sexual assault video is the first sign of his campaign crumbling. But did you spot these signs of what was to come?
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