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How can we make feminist commitments this Father’s Day? This list of ideas ranges from the civic to the personal, the playful to the political, but each suggestion is geared so that feminism is at the heart of our families. Join us in making a commitment to take at least one action against patriarchy and misogyny in real life. Let us evolve fatherhood together.

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Saying “girls” comes so naturally to many of us – but what’s the impact?

Have you ever talked to a doctor about your hormones? The way you were treated probably depends on if you’re cisgender or not. This comic reveals the biases too many medical professionals have.

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If you have the ongoing ability to walk, you probably haven’t noticed all these ways wheelchair users are marginalized. Here’s how this form of ability privilege shows up – and why it’s important to think about.

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These experts say that if we want to end sexual violence, we’ve got to start with better sex education. How else do you think sex ed could be improved?

“Privilege” is a word you’ll hear often in social justice spaces, both offline and online. Some people understand the concept easily. Others – and I was like this – find the concept confusing and need a little more help. If you’re willing to learn about privilege, but you don’t know where to start, you’ve come to the right place! Here are the basics.

“Being thin isn’t a privilege!” If you’ve reacted to the term “thin privilege” in this way, perhaps it’s time to examine what thin privilege actually is and why it’s just so hard for people to acknowledge.

Some believe that since gay men do not want to be sexually intimate with women, our uninvited touching and groping is benign. In a culture that doesn’t see gay men as “men”, our sexist acts are instead read as “diva worship” or “celebrating women” even when they are acts of objectification, assault, and dehumanization. We must question these assumptions in ourselves and in our communities.

“Racists are a problem – white people aren’t,” “Not all men,” and more – people put a lot of effort into saying that not everyone in the dominant group is a problem. Kat Blaque’s breaking down what you’re missing when you rush to say this.

Racialized sexism sneaks into spaces that claim to have the best interests of women and People of Color at heart. Dealing with racialized sexism means dealing with the fact that every person holds multiple political and social identities that blend and intersect. Therefore, assuming that all experiences of sexism are just variations of the same thing is a mistake.

As a fat person, I am often surrounded by people, messages, and media that work to ensure that I know that being fat is (supposedly) not okay. There are many ways that fat individuals try to manage living in the hostile environment, but I want to suggest doing something a little radical: coming out as fat. Here are some places to start.

It’s not enough for employers to process smooth transitions for their employees, they must adjust their employee evaluation systems to account for systemic sexism or risk losing their trans employees in the long run.

Check out who’s telling the lie that anti-trans bathroom bills are about “women’s safety,” and you’ll know why we’re not falling for it.

If you’re not going to support marginalized folks, then we can’t be friends, let alone date. The personal is political.

Though I had spent plenty of time as my true self before my work transition, I couldn’t help but be nervous about a full day at work.

Do you know the percentage of men that make up Congress? These high school boys’ reaction to having the tables turned shows what a big difference the number makes.

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Being on a college campus is a unique opportunity to promote healthy relationships to masculinity and reduce sexual violence by engaging men. But there are a lot of dangers in doing this work. Here are some ideas for doing it responsibly.

What do you think the purpose of public education is? If you want it to do more than repeat the status quo, here’s why feminism has to be part of the equation.

These touching stories say a lot about how long our society has to go in building safety and support for trans communities. Find out how these people are dealing, and if you can relate, their advice might help.

Some detrimental cultural ideals run so deep that no one even questions whether they might operate as support beams of status quo oppression. Let’s take the word “bitch” for example. As an exercise in identifying some potentially hibernating connotations that can perpetuate harmful gender stereotypes, here are a few common uses of the word “bitch” and their problematic subtexts.