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Yes, Non-Binary People Experience Gender Dysphoria Too
“My dysphoria fluctuates almost hourly. I can feel fine, look in a mirror, not like what I see, and my day is ruined.”
Read More7 Ways Parents Can Be More Body Positive Toward Their Queer and Transgender Kids
Traditional gender norms can be harmful for any child, and these ideas can help you be more body positive, especially with trans and gender non-conforming kids.
Read MoreYour Mental Health Is More Important Than Your Grades – 5 Lessons to Help You Prioritize It
Pursuing your degree? Feeling the pressure? This author has found some disturbing information about stress among college students, so here are some important reminders of how much your mental wellbeing matters.
Read MoreHaving a Healthy Diet Out of Love and Not Fear
Why do we diet? The truth is people diet for various reasons. You can have a healthy diet out of fear or love. This is something that both larger and smaller people can do since just because someone is thinner doesn’t mean they’re necessarily healthy. Allow me to explain.
Read MoreRespectability Politics Won’t Get Us Half as Far
There’s this unspoken pressure within the black community to present a “respectable” image of blackness at all times. And I get that. We want to be represented, we want to be valued, and we want to be seen as human, and when we know that we as a race are being denigrated for whatever reason, we want to push back against that. But that’s bullshit. Here’s why.
Read More7 Ways To Use Spiritual Practice To Heal and Resist
Learning to use spirituality as a form of healing and resistance is vital to both ourselves and our given communities.
Read More4 Ways I’ve Managed To Affirm My Gender Through Fashion
I’ve learned there is no shortage of stylistic experimentation that’s possible if we allow ourselves to exist outside of the gendered boxes that constrain how we express ourselves.
Read MoreWhat to Do When Someone Tells a Racist Joke
Ever wondered how to explain why saying “it’s just a joke” doesn’t fly when someone’s being oppressive? Franchesca “Chescaleigh” Ramsey has a great break-down of how to respond to a racist “joke.”
Read MoreHow to Recognize Signs of Sexual Abuse
If we can all learn how to recognize signs of sexual abuse, we’ll be in better positions to support survivors. Here’s info on how from Dr. Lindsey Doe.
Read MoreAfter The Violence In My City, I Can’t Laugh Off Catcallers Anymore
I grew up learning that the only way to deal with bullies is to ignore them, the sort of I’m-rubber-you’re-glue rhetoric that conflict-avoiders love. To acknowledge a fear of catcalling strangers, even among friends, feels a bit like letting the bullies win. But I’m starting to realize that fear is a powerful weapon, too, in that it can unite people against a common enemy.
Read More6 Actual Facts About What It Means to Be Asexual
Myths and misconceptions about asexuality are way too common. Do any of these facts change what you thought about what being asexual means?
Read MoreImages of Butches and Femmes: Celebrating Our Living Queer Legacy!
There are so many beautiful intersections of LGBTQIA identity and love. This photo-series captures and celebrates the beauty of how contemporary Femme and Butch people express and love themselves, both autonomously and in relationship to each other. There is so much joy, passion, and pride in these pictures. This is what liberation looks like.
Read More12 Things Not to Say to People with Depression
Chances are, you know someone with depression – and you might have said something hurtful when you were trying to help them. Here’s what Marina Watanabe found out when she asked about the harmful comments people with depression get all too frequently.
Read MoreWhite People — We Can’t Dismantle Trump And Racism Without You
People of color can lead the charge, but it’s going to take white people getting out there to actually make the change.
Read MoreWhy It’s Important for Men to Feel Their Feelings
A key part of patriarchy is that men shouldn’t feel or express their feelings, except when they’re angry. With pervasive messages like “boys don’t cry” and “man up,” guys often don’t feel comfortable or know how to process their feelings. So let’s unpack why it can be so hard for men to feel and how they can start.
Read MoreSo You Got Called Out on Social Media By Someone More Marginalized Than You
Defensive, angry, confused – getting called out can bring up all kinds of feelings. Here’s a smart feminist guide to what to do (and NOT do) when it happens.
Read MoreLet’s Be Real: Disability Justice Activists Saved Obamacare — Here’s How You Can Thank Them
Why did this group of disabled people risk their safety for fellow Americans, most of whom would be quick to erase and invisibilize them?
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 More3 Ways to Help Combat Ableism and Mental Health Stigma in Schools
Ever thought about how the US education system adds to stigma against mental illness and disability? Here are some ideas for what to do about it.
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.
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