Posts Tagged ‘Self-Worth’
Here’s What Feminists Need To Know About Single Payer Healthcare
Right now, at least 11% of adults don’t have health insurance in the U.S — the 13th richest country in the world. A nation that doesn’t take care of its sick is one where every life clearly doesn’t matter. There is a growing movement of folks who want to transform our capitalist healthcare system into…
Read MoreComing Out As Queer Is Even More Complicated For A Fat Person
This article was originally published on The Establishment and republished here with the author’s permission. I came out as fat to myself about five years ago. I also came out as bisexual to myself around the same time. Both were gradual and mutual processes. “I think that there is a coming out process around being fat that…
Read More10 Ways White People Can Stop Annoying People of Color on Social Media
This article originally appeared on Wear Your Voice and was republished here with the author’s permission. When it comes to social media etiquette, we are all still learning how to interact with each other while respecting boundaries and the spaces we give ourselves. What has translated over straight from our in-person interactions are racist, sexist…
Read MoreMisogyny Against Black and Brown Women and Femmes is still Celebrated
This article was originally published on Wear Your Voice and republished here with the author’s permission. The other day as I was riding the subway, I saw an advertisement for a new television series centering on Natalee Holloway, the 18-year-old who disappeared when she was on a high school graduation to Aruba in May 2005. The case is…
Read MoreBeing A Good Ally Means Not Expecting A Reward
This article was originally published on The Huffington Post and republished here with the author’s permission. What does it mean to be a white ally for racial justice? Is it sharing a Jordan Edwards hashtag on twitter? Publicly decrying a lack of judicial justice every time a Black man is murdered by the police? Passing…
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