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As a fat person, I am often surrounded by people, messages, and media that work to ensure that I know that being fat is (supposedly) not okay. There are many ways that fat individuals try to manage living in the hostile environment, but I want to suggest doing something a little radical: coming out as fat. Here are some places to start.

Conversations about privilege can quickly go wrong, angry, and defensive. Here are a few things to consider before jumping into the conversation around privilege.

Do you have questions about white privilege? This throwback to our most talked about posts on this topic will help you find answers.

Turns out most Americans are wrong about our rates of poverty and wealth – even when we know the system is skewed unfairly. You’ll be shocked by the real numbers here.

How do we know male privilege is real? These everyday examples of gender inequality are a start. By naming these, we can start working to free ourselves and others from the impact.

How do you handle conversations on police violence and racism? This list can help, with info on structural racism, allyship, self-care for Black folks, and more.

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If you’ve ever wondered how to learn more about race and racism, and get involved in the movement for racial justice, here’s the guide you’ve been looking for.

It can be hard to know how to be a good ally. Do you have more ideas to add to Hannah’s list?

Too often in communities of color, instead of creating solidarity, our differences serve to further divide us and sustain colorism, or the idea and practice that gives lighter-skinned people more privilege and fairer treatment. Because whiteness is placed on a pedestal across communities and cultures, it should come as no surprise that those who can…

Failing to acknowledge Western privilege creates some huge problems. This list of examples will show you how to recognize the impact of Western privilege.

The homeless youth are anywhere from 20-40% LGBTQ due to factors like familial rejection and housing discrimination. Yet the general public is still largely uneducated on why this problem exists or what they can do help. Homeless people are generally a vulnerable population and given how it intersects with being LGBTQ, they’re at even greater risk for violence, abuse, exploitation, and health issues.

Have you noticed a difference between how the Planned Parenthood shooter is described and how other terrorists are portrayed? Franchesca Ramsey did, and she’s turned it into an enlightening round of Bingo.

How do you show your solidarity? Here’s what it really takes to make sure your actions match the word.

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We have a hard time envisioning a woman who isn’t driven by romantic aspirations. You need go no further than any grocery store magazine aisle to be bombarded with quizzes, horoscopes, and advice on love. And we really need society to catch up and stop asking single women annoying questions. But until that glorious day, here are seven snarky responses to try.

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This author shows us how many privileges he gained when he transitioned – and we were blown away by the list.

Those who are familiar with the power and pervasiveness of the thin ideal may be surprised by “reverse retouching” – where editors now adding curves and inches to create more voluptuous figures. But there’s nothing new about it. It’s just more illusions to form a new standard of normal for women’s bodies and more unnatural and unachievable beauty ideals for real-life females to fall short of.

Known as “reverse retouching,” editors are now adding strategically, meticulously placed curves to create idealized hourglass figures on otherwise small, thin frames. We’re all for breaking out of the trap of thin ideals being used to sell EVERYTHING. But is Photoshopping to add “curves” a step in the right direction? Absolutely, undoubtedly, without question, NO. Here’s why.

If you’ve watched sitcoms, you’ve probably come across this trope that allows fat jokes without even including fat people – and here’s the reality about it that’s not funny at all.

A meme reads "You Are Not Fat – You Have Fat." Written under it is "Umm, seriously?"

The campaign this author came up with sounds like a good idea – but once you realize how it feels to fat people, you’ll know why we all need to do better.

It seems like every time anti-racism activists speak up about their work, there is some level of pushback claiming that the work is “attacking white people.” But the thing is, that’s just not true. Anti-racism is not against white people. To clarify what anti-racism is really about, here are three things that the movement actually works to dismantle.