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How to Figure Out What Your Boundaries Are
You may have read about the importance of setting boundaries – but what if you don’t know what your boundaries are? These steps can help you find out.
Read More7 Hurtful Ways Adultism Shows Up in Youth Non-Profits
Youth non-profits are all about empowering young people…aren’t they? With these common mistakes, adultism in these organizations is a real problem.
Read More‘I’m Single Parenting Tonight, Too’ and 7 Other Things That Aren’t Helpful to Say to Actual Single Parents
Do you know any single parents? Then you should know what’s hurtful and helpful to say to them. This mom has learned a lot about the judgments thrown at single parents, including well-intended words that cause harm. Find out what not to say to a single parent, and get ideas for how to offer support. Let’s help break the isolation and stigma single parents face.
Read MoreCameras, Consent and Conservative Rapeyness
We live with a deep and persistent societal tolerance for the use of women’s bodies by others for their own purposes, profit, political gain and entertainment. Cameras and harassment are the tip of an iceberg of male regulation of women’s bodies and behaviors. Legislation, based on a cultural acceptance of women’s bodies as public resources, is much more pernicious.
Read More6 Ways Asian Americans Can Tackle Anti-Black Racism in Their Families
How do you feel about addressing anti-black racism with your family? It can be challenging in Asian American families, but these tips can help you start.
Read More50 Ways People Expect Constant Emotional Labor from Women and Femmes
So many of these are gender norms we don’t even think twice about. But have you thought about what it means to do all this work for free?
Read MoreThe Problem With That Catcalling Video
Here’s your Weekly Feminist Round-Up, a collection of the top sociopolitical news stories and creative justice-focused content from around the globe. This week: Janay Rice speaks out about those racist DV Halloween costumes, updates from the missing Nigerian girls, and the unspoken problem with that video about street harassment in New York City. Check it out!
Read MoreDear ‘Body Positive’ Bloggers and YouTubers: That’s Not Body Positive
When body positivity is “in,” that must be a good thing, right? Not necessarily – Corissa Enneking points out some key aspects of body positivity that are getting left behind.
Read More7 Things We Need to Stop Saying to Sexual Assault Survivors Immediately
Folks in the media are notorious for saying abysmal things about survivors of sexual violence. But for most survivors, it doesn’t take a media spotlight to beget insensitive, uninformed, and downright erroneous remarks about their experiences. Unfortunately, it’s something they face every day. So here are some things we should stop saying to survivors – immediately.
Read More5 Facts About Youth Homelessness That We Overlook
The problem of youth homelessness is not often addressed. And when the media does bring attention to it, the discussion is often clouded by victim-blaming, misinformation, and an unfair representation of the situation. So let’s set the record straight with these five important facts about the real lives of the homeless youth population in the United States.
Read More5 Things You Should Know About Your Agender Acquaintance
“Agender” by definition means “someone without gender,” and falls under the big, colorful trans umbrella. While the identity is easily summed up in a sentence or two, the concept is where people seem to get lost. So, here’s a guide to the most common assumptions, faux pas, and outright weird notions about people who are agender that pop up in everyday life.
Read MoreExploring My Sexual Orientation As a Non-Binary Person
Two genders don’t cover all the ways of existing. So if gender doesn’t mean what we’re taught it means, what does that say about gender-based sexualities? This author shares their discoveries on gender and sexuality.
Read MoreHere’s How Representation in Comics Could Be Way Better
Where can you find the comic characters who look like you? Here are some suggestions on where to start, and how to support more representation in comics.
Read MoreWhy ‘No Government Funding for Abortion’ Actually Means No Choice For Low-Income Women
Due to the “no public funding for abortions” mantra, since 1976, the Hyde Amendment has denied federal Medicaid coverage of it and a shrinking number of state Medicaid cover it. So 1 in 4 women who would have had a Medicaid-funded procedure if funds had been available are unable to obtain one. That’s too many low-income women who essentially had their choice taken away due to their income level.
Read MoreWhy Girls Today Think Sexual Harassment Is Normal Stuff
A recent study finds that girls who’ve suffered sexual harassment often see it as “normal stuff” that “just happens” because it’s what “guys do.” Translation: they frame their own experiences of harassment based on cultural notions about what gender and sexuality are — or should be. Sad, then, isn’t it, that those cultural notions are often bullshit.
Read More13 Lies We Have to Stop Telling About Bisexual People
Despite all of the gains the LGBTQIA+ community has made, bisexual people are still looked upon with confusion — or outright scorn — by gay, lesbian, and straight people alike. Here we are in the supposedly enlightened year of 2014 – and yet, biphobia persists. Here are a few tiresome lies society really needs to stop telling about bisexual people.
Read MoreA Call to Men
(Trigger warning: Rape) Check out this TED Talk by activist Tony Porter about how the expectations of masculinity and restrictive gender roles lead to disrespect of and violence against women. He shares powerful stories from different points in his life and encourages men to act outside of the narrow box that society places them in.
Read More13 Struggles for Native People Beyond Mascots and Casinos
There are a lot more issues facing Native people than most of us talk about. Policies like #3 have been taking a toll for far too long – and you probably don’t even know this is still going on.
Read MoreWhy ‘Two Wrongs Don’t Make a Right’ Doesn’t Apply to Racism
Ever feel like anti-racism talk generalizes all white people? As children, we learned that “two wrongs don’t make a right” – but Kat Blaque’s pointing out why our conversations on racism need a more mature strategy.
Read MoreWhat People Are Really Saying When They Comment on Women’s Bodies
The sheer volume of unsolicited opinions that people project upon women’s bodies is staggering. It’s almost like there was a memo sent all of humanity, declaring that women’s bodies are constantly subject to public commentary. But these comments are motivated by something much deeper than that. Here’s what people really mean when they talk about your body.
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