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Want to Exercise Out of Self-Love and Not Self-Hate, But Have No Clue Where to Start? Try These 4 Suggestions
If you’re wondering how to shake off the lies you’ve been fed by the weight-loss industry and start an exercise routine out of self-love, these ideas should get you started!
Read More5 Ways to Be an Ally to Your Partner’s Eating Disorder Recovery (And Avoid Triggering Them)
Dear partner, I understand that you don’t understand what it’s like to have an eating disorder, and I know that you’re not trying to trigger me. But if you really want this relationship to work, we’re going to need to talk about my eating disorder recovery. Because eating disorder recovery affects all aspects of a person’s life, and I need you to work with me on this.
Read MoreWhy People Hate Tess Munster (And Other Happy Fat People)
When fat and happy people get positive press, we get hope for body positivity. But scrolling down to the comments is a different story – there, you’ll find a monstrous amount of hate and criticism. So why is loving yourself so controversial? Find out with this spot-on take on how we’re all taught to feel badly about ourselves and why body love is for everyone.
Read More9 Facts That Disprove The Most Common Stereotypes About Fat People
At the bottom of every article celebrating body diversity, you’ll likely find some version of the following comment: “I’m all about confidence, but this is just unhealthy.” This is called concern trolling, and it needs to stop. It has led to weight-based discrimination becoming a serious problem across the world. So here’s some actual information about being fat.
Read MoreGetting Called Out: Why Acknowledging Oppression Matters More Than Your Hurt Feelings
It’s a natural desire to want to give your opinion on something. We all want to think that our perspective matters – and oftentimes, it does. But sometimes it doesn’t. And we don’t always think about the implications of our words. So, what do you do when you get called out for saying something problematic – and you totally “didn’t mean it like that?”
Read More5 New Directions for the Body-Positive Movement
Body image activism is my thing. The quickest way to piss me off is to tell me that body image isn’t an important feminist issue. Within the body-positive movement is my community – and my whole heart. But as much as I love it, I also think that it could use some improvements. So here are five new directions that I’d like to see it take.
Read MoreFeminism Now: What the Third Wave is Really About
Feminism is a creature with many faces these days. But bottom line, the goal is homogenous: Feminism aims for gender equality within a currently patriarchal society. Sometimes it’s just hard to get massive amounts of people to agree exactly what the best means to achieving that goal is. So here is a list of five things that the current movement of feminism absolutely is.
Read MoreWhy It’s Okay To Be Fat
For 24 years, Golda tried every diet imaginable until she realized she could make a different choice — accepting her body and treating it well — and has since dedicated herself to helping others take the same journey. In this TEDxTalk, Golda Poretsky busts myths about the relationship between weight and health and to prove, based on research, that health (and body-love) comes in every size.
Read MoreHow To (Respectfully) Date A Fat Girl
Sometimes I get asked, ‘How do I approach a fat girl?’ Just like ANY other woman! We’re real people with real personalities and feelings, like anyone else – except as fat women, we spend a lot of our lives being treated differently, usually not in a good way. This includes when people try to date us. So here are some tips to help you respectfully approach and date larger women.
Read MoreWhen The Institution Strikes Back: How Student Activists Can Survive Administration Retaliation
For me, one of the scariest parts of student organizing was realizing the school or institution I had put trust into was actually working against me. The first time I realized my beloved institution, Spelman College, was simply a cog in the system was after my participation in a sexual violence protest after the “Raped…
Read More50 Liberating Relationship ‘Rules’ for Feminists to Live By
Common advice pressures you to date according to some pretty oppressive “rules.” This is a different take that may help you find healthier guidelines.
Read MoreWhy Escaping Poverty Isn’t Nearly as Easy as People Think
There’s this idea that people can escape poverty if they just work hard enough – and it’s total BS. These facts will help you understand the real challenges of escaping poverty.
Read More5 Ways the LGBTQIA+ Movement Fails at Intersectionality
This author’s queer and gender non-conforming – so why say “the LGBTQIA+ movement is not for me”? These reasons show how the movement is missing the point of liberation.
Read More3 Reasons We Can’t Forget Environmentalism in Our Social Justice Activism
Our environmental problems won’t be solved by privileged people shopping at Whole Foods. Here’s how the social justice issues you care about include environmentalism.
Read More7 Ways White Jews Can Do Better By the Movement for Black Lives
Do you know how to support the liberation of black communities as a white Jewish person? Here are some strategies that can make a big difference.
Read More100 Everyday Ways That Feminism Has Changed My Life
“Feminism is my operating system.” When you add them all up, this is a POWERFUL impact! How has feminism changed your life?
Read More5 Facts That Will Absolutely Infuriate You About Police and Racist Violence
This summary about racist police brutality lets the facts speak for themselves – and they show loud and clear why you should be outraged by the killing of Alton Sterling and other victims.
Read More3 Ways You Might Be Marginalizing Disabled Asexual People (And What to Do About It)
Have you noticed how disabled and asexual communities can try to distance themselves from each other? This author’s experienced this from all sides, and these examples are so common.
Read MoreHere Are 20 Examples of Cissexism That We’ve Probably All Committed at Some Point
Are you part of the problem of erasing trans identities? These examples are super common – but once you recognize them in your behavior, you can make a change.
Read More9 Ways We Can Make Social Justice Movements Less Elitist and More Accessible
Ever participated in these ways of making social justice communities exclusive? They’re pretty common, but this author’s got some ways to include everyone – and some really good points about why it matters.
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