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People usually tell me to “get over it” when I’m being vulnerable, insecure, or afraid. They think you shouldn’t bother or aren’t interested in your feelings. “Get over it” is a cruel phrase. It means, “Not only do I not care about how you feel, if you were smarter, you wouldn’t care either.”

A common pop-culture misconception is confusing sexual objectification with sexual empowerment. Yes, it can feel good to be sexually desirable. But that’s not what sexual objectification does. The façades of empowerment and liberation that the media puts forth can be difficult territory to navigate. So let’s explore the key differences between the two.

Society isn’t very nice to vaginas. From a very young age, we’re taught that vaginas are somehow bad or wrong or dirty. But the fact is: Vaginas are the objects of a cultural hate-fest. What if we could fight back against that hate, through sex- and body-positivity, and turn haters into lovers? We can. But first, we have to understand where vagina hate comes from.

A couple kissing on their wedding day

“You can’t be a feminist and get married!” Ever heard that from someone else or in your own head? The idea that modern marriage excludes feminism is absurd and insulting. You should be free to make your own choices and have a wedding that fits your values, if a wedding is what you choose. Here are some helpful tips to get you thinking about how to make the feminist wedding of your dreams.

A young girl gets roughed up by the cops because she looks “too old” for a student metro card. For real?

Ameena didn’t want to be a “good Arab girl” – virginal and submissive. So she moved across the globe to where she would be more free. And then found herself being slut-shamed.

Dear Mr. Sexist, I’d like to thank you for everything you’ve taught me over the past 25 years. Why, I had no idea I was so fat, ugly and stupid. I thought being a Size 12 was perfectly acceptable. But when you yelled across the newsroom, “I want two inches off your hair and two inches off your arse,” suddenly, a light went on.

Thankfully we’ve been hearing more and more about how slut-shaming is wrong. But what do we do when it happens to someone we know?

Are school dress codes really about helping create a learning environment? What happened to this author’s daughter will show you why they’re not.

“I know I’m not the only one that can detect bullshit.” We tend to adore people who seem easy-going at places like work – but what if you most authentic self isn’t easy-going?

The Simpsons, Gone with the Wind, Glee – some of our society’s most beloved movies and TV shows are trivializing rape in a dangerous way.

Think people are going about anti-racism all wrong when they don’t “blend” their cultures into a melting pot? Here’s the ugly truth behind the melting pot idea.

What do we really mean by “boys will be boys”? We need to stop what this expectation of masculinity is doing to men and boys.

Think MLK “wouldn’t approve” of violence in activism? That’s just one of the myths this article exposes as a straight up lie.

Would you agree with his uncle that “human nature” relates to issues of inequality? Find out how we’re misunderstanding human nature – and why that’s a problem.

#1: “Sexual attraction has everything to do with race.” Do you think attraction is just a “natural preference” outside of our control? These important lessons show otherwise.

Capitalism! Love it or hate, that’s the economy we rely on in America. Capitalism affects every aspect of our lives in very unique and complicated ways. It fuels industries like film, television, print, and digital media. It fuels — well, everything, including an atmosphere of homophobia and heternormalism in the media.

Cis guys, your privilege can show up in all aspects of society – and yep, that includes the bathroom. So here’s how you can be a better ally to the folks you share a bathroom with.

Person looking serious in a three-piece suit on a city street

How comfortable do you feel in a three-piece suit? “Professionalism” is a social construct, and like all social constructs, it’s a total downer. Standards of looking professional uphold a lot of ugly “isms,” as policies with a racist, sexist, classist, and xenophobic core. Here’s the truth about why the work we do should speak more loudly than how we look.

It can feel pretty invalidating to have your queer identity erased when people refer to your relationship as “straight.” These suggestions can help you celebrate your queerness, no matter who you’re with.