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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.

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.

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.

Can you relate to any of these examples? There’s a pattern here that really shows how entrenched rape culture is.

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!

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.

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.

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.

The ‘LGBTQIA+ community’ is rife with hierarchies in power, and it’s been time to not just include, but center the most vulnerable members.

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.

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.

“My dysphoria fluctuates almost hourly. I can feel fine, look in a mirror, not like what I see, and my day is ruined.”

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.

(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.

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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?

One tattooed arm outstretched to place an engagement ring on the finger attached to another outstretched arm

We still live in a society where straight people have more rights, power, and freedom. Here’s how straight privilege comes into play.

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.

“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.

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.

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?