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7 Lessons on Why Homelessness Needs Our Urgent Attention
This author participates in an important effort that not many people know about – but everyone needs to know what it teaches him about homelessness.
Read MoreWant the Best Sex of Your Life? Just Ask!
I want my consent to be fun, freaky, sexy, silly, seductive, creative, captivating! I want it all, and I want it healthy and mutual! What’s wonderful, though, is that it can be ALL of these things and more. Studies have shown that healthy, open communication leads to better sex. And who doesn’t want better sex? Here are some ways asking for and giving consent can be fun and satisfying.
Read More6 Assumptions About Fat Fetishism I’d Love For Us to Reconsider
People who dig sex or relationships with fat people can get a bad rep. But here’s good reason to think twice before dismissing them as “perverse” fat fetishists.
Read More6 Reasons You May Think #OscarsSoWhite Is No Big Deal – And Why It Absolutely Is
#OscarsSoWhite is trending, but is a celebrity awards show really the way to aim for equality? Check out the answers to the questions you’ve been asking, and see why media diversity’s more important than you might think.
Read More7 Ways of ‘Honoring’ Other Cultures That Are Really Just Cultural Appropriation
These common gestures can have good intentions, but they cause more harm than good. If you want to appreciate a culture, make sure you’re not actually appropriating it in one of these ways.
Read MoreStanding in Solidarity with the California Prison Hunger Strike
The United States incarcerates a greater proportion of its population than any country in the world by far. When so few know the full extent of their own rights, even fewer are aware of or do not care about the rights guaranteed to the incarcerated. Despite the supposed “guarantee” of these rights, prisoners all over the U.S. are forced to serve out sentences in inhumane and torturous conditions.
Read More9 Helpful Tips for the Feminist First-Year College Student
If you identify as a feminist during your first year on campus, you can be surrounded by anti-feminist beliefs and misconceptions. Here’s how to cope while you hope for your peers get on board.
Read More8 Surprising Facts About Egg Donors
A while back, I posted about some common misperceptions of surrogacy, and now I want to share some information about the other part of the equation: the egg donor. I want to help prospective parents who might be exploring their own fertility options. If your fertility plans involve an egg donor or if you’re just curious about the process, here are a few facts I learned while exploring the options.
Read More3 Ways the Gay Rights Agenda™ Has Perpetuated Oppression
The mainstream gay movement, in cahoots with the US government and the major corporations which fund the government, has co-opted gay equality and anti-hate crime legislation to exploit, harm, and neglect poor folk, trans folk, and people of color. We want to celebrate the gains of the movement, but the question is: At what cost?
Read More3 Reasons Why Discord Within Feminism Is Actually a Good Thing
There’s never a shortage of discord within the feminist community. These internal disagreements are often spoken about as being negative. But what if we collectively decided that disagreement isn’t inherently bad? I’m here to argue that we need difference of opinion within the feminist community — both for the good of the movement, and for the end of oppression.
Read MoreWhat Can Laughter Do For Social Justice?
Laughter can be used as a way for the marginalized to reclaim power while engendering a crucial dialogue around social justice.
Read MoreEquality Is Not Enough: What the Classroom Has Taught Me About Justice
Students have come to understand “fairness” as simply equal treatment. You’re familiar with this playground mentality of fairness: “I get two crackers, and you two crackers.” But here’s the thing: Treating everyone exactly the same actually is not fair. What equal treatment does do is erase our differences and promote privilege. Let me break it down.
Read MoreShould Beauty Matter in Body Acceptance?
Is wanting to feel beautiful a bad thing? You may believe that everyone is beautiful – or that we should stop valuing beauty altogether. Here’s Melissa A. Fabello on why this debate is more complicated than you may think.
Read More4 Ways Feminism Has Empowered and Liberated Me as a Trans Person
Feminism hasn’t always been inclusive, so transgender folks who are frustrated with feminism have valid reasons. But if you want to know what a positive experience for a trans feminist could be like, look no further than this article. This author shows how valuable – and life-changing – a trans-inclusive feminism can be. This is how we want our feminism to be.
Read More10 Bigoted Ideas Posing as ‘Tackling Obesity’ with the Foodscape Argument
Is it really progressive to try supporting low-income people by targeting their “unhealthy” eating habits? That’s what the foodscape approach claims – but here’s the truth.
Read MoreSocial Media Has Its Pitfalls But You Can Use It For Positive Change—Here’s How
Every time I speak up and share people reach out to me; they let me know that they feel empowered to share their own story.
Read More4 Reasons I Don’t Consider Orgasm the Goal of Sex
Aiming for orgasm can be empowering, right? Not for everyone. So here’s how having a less climax-focused sex life has helped this author.
Read MoreWhere Are the Asian American Mental Health Stories?
“I’m tired of hiding.” This moving perspective and info shows why stories about Asian Americans and mental health are urgently needed.
Read More7 Things You Might Not Know About the Minimum Wage (and Why We Need to Raise It)
Most of us have had a shitty job or two. But how many of us have had to support ourselves fully – let alone support a family – on a job like this? There are a lot of people out there who have to do just that. They earn the minimum wage at a thankless job that is their only form of income. And that income is extremely low. Simply put, the minimum wage is too low and has been that way for too long.
Read MoreWorkplace Sexual Harassment: What To Do When Your Co-Worker Won’t Stop
While Human Resources departments are supposed to address sexual harassment at work, they sometimes don’t do enough. Consequently, it’s not always a helpful resource for those who need support. Read this article for tips on using direct communication to interrupt this sort of microaggression when it’s happening to you in the workplace.
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