You know you have alternatives to disrespecting cultures that aren’t your own.
7 Ways Our Favorite Superhero, Fantasy, and Sci-fi Movies Teach Us to Be Racist
Many people, particularly white people, have the luxury not to develop their racial lenses.
Many people, particularly white people, have the luxury not to develop their racial lenses.
5 Common Assumptions You Never Realized Were Classist
The following five classist assumptions aren’t expected to change the world, but they are hoped to start helping you notice how rampant classism is.
The following five classist assumptions aren’t expected to change the world, but they are hoped to start helping you notice how rampant classism is.
Why the Ageism Dialogue Belongs in Feminism
Life experiences can lead to personal growth and even social change.
Life experiences can lead to personal growth and even social change.
Why It’s Racist When White People Dismiss People of Color’s Lived Reality
Racism isn’t always as straight-forward as conscious hatred and bigotry.
Racism isn’t always as straight-forward as conscious hatred and bigotry.
5 Ways to Take Care of Yourself Today
The world can be an exhausting place.
The world can be an exhausting place.
How to Survive the Holidays in a Cross Class Relationship
For those of us dating partners who come from a more privileged class background, the holidays can be awkward and even demoralizing.
For those of us dating partners who come from a more privileged class background, the holidays can be awkward and even demoralizing.
What’s Wrong With Cultural Appropriation? These 9 Answers Reveal Its Harm
Cultural appropriation refers to a power dynamic in which members of a dominant culture take elements from a culture of people who have been systematically oppressed by that dominant group.
Cultural appropriation refers to a power dynamic in which members of a dominant culture take elements from a culture of people who have been systematically oppressed by that dominant group.
You Can’t Say Black Lives Matter and Exclude Black Sex Workers
I am a semi-out sex worker
I am a semi-out sex worker
What Everyone Needs to Know, but Is Afraid to Ask About Fat Sex
The short answer? It works just great, and I love it.
The short answer? It works just great, and I love it.
Think Makeup Means Vanity? Here’s Some Brutal Honesty About How Wrong You Are
“This is not shame. This is cringing each time I hear somebody say the word ‘makeup’ as if it is a curse word.”
“This is not shame. This is cringing each time I hear somebody say the word ‘makeup’ as if it is a curse word.”
8 Ways to Show Respect for Someone’s Name Change
Sometimes all a person needs is another human being who is respectful enough to honor the name they have chosen to go by.
Sometimes all a person needs is another human being who is respectful enough to honor the name they have chosen to go by.
Overly Sensitive, Highly Emotional, and Other ‘Feminine Flaws’
I am both emotional and sensitive – traits that make me highly qualified to live, love, express, and explore as my authentic self.
I am both emotional and sensitive – traits that make me highly qualified to live, love, express, and explore as my authentic self.
10 Things You Need to Understand About How Poor Black Neighborhoods Were Created
Like so much of anti-Black policies that exist in the United States today, the creation of Black neighborhoods began with slavery.
Like so much of anti-Black policies that exist in the United States today, the creation of Black neighborhoods began with slavery.
5 Times I Didn’t Have to ‘Love Myself to Be Loved By Someone Else’
They say that “you can’t love someone else until you’ve learned to love yourself,” but for me, in many ways, the opposite was true.
They say that “you can’t love someone else until you’ve learned to love yourself,” but for me, in many ways, the opposite was true.
13 Ways White Male Privilege Shows Up as Early as Elementary School
The family tree assignment, like so many others, assumes that everyone has the same experience – one that doesn’t include having your heritage ripped apart by colonization, slavery, imperialism, and other oppressive forces.
The family tree assignment, like so many others, assumes that everyone has the same experience – one that doesn’t include having your heritage ripped apart by colonization, slavery, imperialism, and other oppressive forces.