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4 Ways to Find Out If Your Partner Is Using Their Depression as an Excuse for Controlling Behavior
“Even if you’re the one whose feelings were hurt, you can’t stand to see your partner hate themselves so much.” This is really tough. Can you relate?
Read MoreThe Perfect Response to ‘I Don’t See Color’
“Tell me again how you don’t see color.” In this short video, poet Marshall Gillson delivers a stirring message with everything that needs to be said about what’s wrong with a “colorblind” approach. What does it really mean to treat everyone the same? Would it mean, as this poet puts it, believing that “justice is the same as amnesia?” These are the real risks.
Read MoreAbortion Is a Real Experience, Not a Political Tool
This comic shows why we reserve the right to discuss our own lived experiences of abortion in order to spread truth, rather than the fear-mongering of using abortion as a political tool.
Read MoreCelebrities Read Awful Reactions to Male Survivors in This Powerful PSA
“That doesn’t happen to guys.” You may recognize some of the people in this Joyful Heart PSA – and sadly, the myths they’re repeating about male sexual abuse survivors may be familiar, too. Pass on the message to say #NoMore shame and stigma.
Read MoreThe Vision for Everyday Feminism
We want to live in a world where every person (and we mean every single person) is treated with respect, directs their own lives, and reaches their full potential. We want this to be true for every woman, man, adult, child, black, Asian, Latino, indigenous, white, gay, lesbian, transgender, straight, poor, rich, Muslim, Jewish, Christian, disabled, able…
Read MoreExamining 12 ‘Good Fatty’ Archetypes We Depend On
“Good fatty” is usually used to describe a fat person who at least believes in the socially constructed viewpoint that their number one goal in life should be losing weight. But upon closer inspection, there are a few “good fatty” archetypes that we, as a society, depend on – all with their own unique purposes in the fat-antagonistic machine. Here are twelve to consider in your activism.
Read More7 Things I Wish People Hadn’t Said After My Psychiatric Hospitalization
It can be hard to know what to say to a loved one who has been hospitalized for mental illness. Read this and you’ll know how to be more helpful than people tend to be.
Read MoreWhy Discussing Cultural Appropriation Isn’t Just Being Told What You ‘Can’t’ Do
Are you stuck on the idea that you’re being told you “can’t” do something if it’s an act of cultural appropriation? You might be missing the point. Here’s a different perspective to try instead.
Read More10 Ways the Beauty Industry Tells You Being Beautiful Means Being White
Can you relate to her struggle to feel beautiful? Read this and you’ll be appalled at the terrible ways beauty companies put down women of color – and you’ll understand why this matters.
Read MoreIf Latinxs Said the Stuff White People Say
From implying that a Latino man’s acceptance into college was “because of his race,” to fetishizing the “curvy Latina” body type, Latinxs put up with a lot of microaggressive BS from white people. Check out this hilarious and thought-provoking video that flips the roles and showcases just how ridiculous these statements sound coming from white people.
Read MoreThis Woman Has a Powerful Warning for Police Protecting White Supremacy
“We are not going to stop until you stop killing us.” Wow. Cat Brooks testified about police brutality – and we need to spread her message.
Read MoreFatherly Love: The Feminist Version
In our patriarchal society, fathers are taught that loving their daughters looks like control, like possessively sheltering them from the world. However, Will Evans—through this potent spoken word poem—explains that his version of fatherly love is a practice of protecting his daughter’s agency and autonomy to dictate her own life and make her own choices.
Read MoreThis Black Poet Just Revealed What’s Really Missing When You Leave Intersectionality Out of Feminism
“They said I could be feminist, too.” Here’s what so many white feminists don’t know or care about when they think their feminism is for all racial groups.
Read MoreHere’s How Anti-Feminist Trolls Would ‘Save’ Free Speech
“Feminist criticism? But that’s censorship!” These trolls claim to be mighty concerned about “freedom of speech” – but this comic shows what they’re really after.
Read MoreHow Does It Feel to Come Out?
If you’ve never had to come out to the people around you, it can be hard to imagine what the experience is like. It can be difficult to understand the heartbreak, determination, and love that comes along with those moments. In celebration of LGBT History Month, watch five people share their experiences with coming out to their loved ones in this encouraging video.
Read More7 Illustrations That Capture Exactly What It’s Like to Have Anxiety
Does anxiety affect your daily life? If you can relate, these great illustrations will remind you that you’re not alone.
Read MoreHow to Ask Someone About Their Race
“What are you?” is a question that comes with assumptions. But race isn’t a taboo topic. We need to know how to engage in these conversations without forcing people into an “other” and making them censor themselves. You might be thinking, “Then what do I ask?” This short video shows how to throw self-censorship out the window and open a deeper conversation.
Read MoreMasks Off: A Challenge to Men
Rape culture is the culture which tells women not to get raped, rather than telling men not to rape, and it can only be stopped if men take responsibility for the disproportionate amount of violence they inflict upon women. Check out this week’s video for an impassioned spoken word poem by Jeremy Loveday, calling men to speak up about and against gender violence!
Read More20+ Examples of Age Privilege
Ageism against the elderly is still very prevalent and normalized. For those of us who are young, we often fail to realize the advantages we have being younger than age 65 (sometimes even younger). I hope this list of privileges makes us more aware of the stigma we place on the elderly and how we can be more mindful of how we treat the aging generation.
Read MoreThis Poodle Analogy Perfectly Illuminates the Problem with Fatphobia in Society
Have you fallen for these false assumptions based on the “science” of weight and health? This illustration will show you exactly what the problem is, and give you a more empowering understanding.
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