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How to Deal with the Misguided Stigma Against Women’s Body Hair
Ever feel like your body hair makes you less of a woman? This cute comic gets what you’re going through – and it’s got the affirmation you need to deal with the awful stigma.
Read MoreSurviving a Bad Reputation
Did the racy pictures get sent around the school? Did you hook-up with someone’s boyfriend and now the whole school hates you? Are you the victim of slut bashing and don’t even know why? The pain and embarrassment of being labeled a “slut’ or ‘ho” can be unbearable but there are steps you can take to navigate a bad reputation.
Read More5 Ways to Stand Up to Toxic Messages and Accept Yourself as a Bisexual Person
With toxic messages from both gay and straight communities, does identifying as bisexual ever feel isolating to you? This article will help you embrace your identity.
Read More8 Steps Toward Building Indispensability (Instead of Disposability) Culture
In social justice communities and in call-out culture, we often treat people like they’re disposable when they mess up. What if we tried this instead?
Read More3 Ways To Take Care of Yourself When You Live with Toxic Parents
Learning to live with toxic parents can be tough, but it can be done. If your parents are toxic, here are some handy tips to help you better cope.
Read MoreYou Don’t Need to Be Leading Marches for Your Activism to Matter – Here Are 5 Reasons Why
We – as social justice activists – need to explore beyond thinking of the very large and very public demonstrations as the sole means of radical change. Who is included in our idea of “activists?” In which ways are we unintentionally excluding folks in this vision? What other platforms are activists using to raise awareness about injustice? Let’s talk about it.
Read MoreHow To Let Go Of Control-Based Parenting
I want my kids to learn: 1) that they can identify their emotions and self-regulate their behavior, 2) that I love them regardless of their behavior, and 3) that living in a family means finding ways to meet everyone’s needs. The goal is not to suppress the behavior in the moment but to teach the child how to deal with their feelings now and in the future.
Read MoreThe Truth Can Get a Little Hairy: Reflections on Body Hair, Feminism, and Trans Identity
Body hair is perfectly normal, so why do we get the message that it’s disgusting and unhygienic? The idea that people can monitor and police other people’s bodies is really messed up. Take it from this author, whose transition taught him that no one’s body fits expectations. Read about his love for his body and get inspired to love your own wild and lovely self.
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 More4 Myths About Drug Users I Unlearned After Losing Someone I Loved to Overdose
She went from anger about drugs to working in Harm Reduction with a kinder approach to drug use. Here’s her poignant story of unlearning common myths about drug users.
Read MoreHow to Disagree with Your Loved Ones If You’re Trying to Keep Them in Your Life
Is it possible to disagree about politics with your loved ones without your relationships with them going to hell? These tips might help.
Read MoreI’m a Fat Bulimic – Here’s Why the Idea of Loving My Body Feels Impossible for Me
Many suggest “loving your body” is the key to recovery but for this author, that feels impossible. In this narrative she shares her struggles and how she’s come to work towards recovery without being able to love herself.
Read MoreDear Fellow White People: Loving Hip Hop Doesn’t Make You (or Me) Anti-Racist
Are you a conscious consumer or one who contributes to the erasure of the reality of Black lives? Here are some concrete steps to being the former.
Read More3 Ways to Lovingly Talk to Your In-Laws (Or Anyone, for That Matter) About That Hella Oppressive Thing They Just Said
The bad news: Your in-laws are harboring some bigotry. The good news? If you approach them this way, they’re all potential allies.
Read MoreThis White Feminist Loved Her Dreadlocks – Here’s Why She Cut Them Off
Her dreadlocks felt empowering – so why get rid of them? Read how she learned about cultural appropriation the hard way, and you’ll learn how to be a better ally and feminist.
Read More7 Things to Remember If You’re a White Person Dating a Person of Color
When you’re a white person in an interracial relationship, you can’t be a supportive partner without acknowledging white supremacy. Here’s how to practice allyship in your relationship.
Read MoreWhy Exclusionary Racial Preferences Are Racist
I hear it all too often: “I’m not racist, but I just wouldn’t date [insert race/ethnicity].” If you have to start a sentence with a clarification that you’re not racist, that’s a pretty good indicator that you need to reevaluate whatever you’re about to say. You can’t know whether or not you have chemistry with someone unless you get to know them. So be open-minded.
Read MoreIf Asian Women Hit On White Guys the Way White Guys Hit On Asian Women
This is hilarious! These convos happen way too often when white guys try to flirt with Asian women, so here are the tables turned to show how absurd they are.
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 More3 Well-Meaning Assumptions About Women You Never Realized Were Sexist
You’re probably reinforcing sexist thinking without even realizing it with these well-meaning assumptions about women. What other forms of benevolent sexism would you add to the list?
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