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3 Damn Good Reasons for Your Family to Break Up with School
Has traditional schooling failed your children in any of these ways? There’s no one-size-fits-all solution, but this article has some options that might help.
Read More11 Truths Every Survivor of Intimate Partner Violence Needs to Know
If you’ve been through intimate partner violence, you can probably relate to the painful messages this author has heard – both from others and herself. Here’s the healing truth you deserve instead.
Read MoreDating While Fat: 5 Questions I Ask Before Committing to a Partner
Being fetishized and shamed as a fat, Black, queer woman is so common that this author has come up with five essential questions about dating partners. Here’s an empowering take on what it means for her to be valued in a relationship.
Read More5 Ways That Bi Erasure Hurts More Than Just Bisexual People
Bisexual folks have been made the butt of so many jokes, have had their identities excluded from queer communities, and have been accused of perpetuating transphobia and the gender binary. But the castigation of bi identities from queer and gender non-conforming movements reinforces a prejudice that harms people across the gender and sexuality spectrum.
Read MoreWhat Romney and the Wealthy Don’t Know About Wealth Creation
When people ignore the fact that wealth is more accessible to some than others, it leads to the assumption that wealth has a direct correlation to a person’s work and talents – as if there were no other factors involved.
Read MoreHow to Grow Your Daily Practice as a Feminist
The work of being a feminist doesn’t stop once we claim to be feminists. Years of socialization will not suddenly vanish from one’s mind or way of knowing and experiencing the world. So it’s important we be honest with ourselves about messages we’ve internalized, recognize our privilege, and question our assumptions in order to practice an inclusive, accountable, and progressive feminism.
Read MoreHow Society Polices Women’s Clothing (No Matter What We Wear)
Women’s clothing choices are constantly under attack; this comic shows how. Can you relate?
Read MoreBuilding Allyship and Finding Room for Multiple Feminisms
There are all sorts of ways to be a feminist in today’s world. If we erased all the ways in which we are different, we would lose so much strength in the movement. We won’t end sexism without addressing all oppressions; we can’t work together until we agree that none of us are free until we’re all free. But how can we work together at this point?
Read More3 Tips to Help Deal with Fat Shame from a Healthcare Professional
“Lose 20 pounds, and you’ll feel better.” “If you started exercising, this wouldn’t be a problem.” If you aren’t thin, chances are you’ve gone to the doctor’s office about a lingering cold, or a hurt elbow and had to listen to comments like these from your doctor. These situations can be awkward, and triggering. So can we handle them in the moment?
Read MoreWhy You Should Include Babies When You Talk About Mental Health
Our discussions on this topic are almost always limited to older children and adults – but have you thought about when mental health begins? Here’s how we can support families by promoting babies’ mental health.
Read MoreSuicidal Survival Guide: 7 Strategies to Keep You Going When You’re All Alone
If you feel suicidal, you could use some support – but friends may not always be available. Here are some activities that probably are available. They’ve helped this author, and we hope they can help you, too.
Read MoreWorried Your Partner Is Emotionally Abusive? Check Out These 7 Warning Signs
There’s a misconception that abusive partners always use physical violence, which can make it hard to tell if your partner’s abusive. This comic can help you figure out what’s happening and what to do next.
Read MoreUnalterable: On Accepting Myself As a Queer Person with Dwarfism
I am a person with restricted growth (or little person or person with dwarfism), and I am queer. I didn’t come out as queer until I was in my 30s. People asked me why it took so long. The real answer is that accepting my disabled identity was necessary before I could accept my queer one, and for me this has been a long, hard-fought struggle.
Read More5 Ways to Stay Informed About the News Without Getting Emotionally Drained
Feeling freaked out when you read the news these days? You’re not the only one. These fun Dos and Don’ts might help.
Read More4 Lies We Need to Stop Telling Writers, Artists, and Other Creatives
This author’s been told that her creativity is a “waste of time” – and that’s not the only misleading assumption going around about creative work. Here’s how these lies are limiting us all.
Read More5 Tools for Surviving Your Anger Under a Trump Presidency
As they say, “if you’re not angry, you’re not paying attention” – here’s how to maintain your outrage and take care of yourself with Trump as president.
Read More4 Ways Parents Can Battle How Society Hypersexualizes Their Children
“#1. Understand the difference between healthy sexuality and sexualization.” We know we live in a hypersexual world, but how do we approach that in our parenting?
Read MoreI’m Not Getting Surgery to Correct My Breast Deformity – Here’s Why
This author could get corrective surgery to “fix” her tuberous breasts. Her reasons for choosing not to say a lot about society’s beauty standards – especially expectations for women.
Read MoreWhy Our Feminism Must Be Intersectional (And 3 Ways to Practice It)
Those of us calling for an inclusive feminism aren’t the ones being “divisive.” But those of us refusing to acknowledge the need for intersectionality in feminism are.
Read More5 Revealing Similarities Between Class Privilege and Greek Mythology
Get some help understanding class privilege by going back to Greek mythology – these well-known myths shed some light on our own class structures.
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