Do history books written by white folks tell the truth about Natives in the US? We think not.
Mental Illness and Sexism: What Calling Women ‘Crazy’ Actually Does
It would be hypocritical of me to shame you for it because we’ve all done it. That’s why it’s important that we discuss it now.
It would be hypocritical of me to shame you for it because we’ve all done it. That’s why it’s important that we discuss it now.
Why People Hate Tess Munster (And Other Happy Fat People)
If I ever want to mourn humanity, all I have to do is scroll through Tess’ Instagram comments.
If I ever want to mourn humanity, all I have to do is scroll through Tess’ Instagram comments.
Not Sure What People Mean by ‘Triggering?’ This Article Is Your One-Stop 101
One thing I have noticed since becoming susceptible to triggering is that not many people understand how it works.
One thing I have noticed since becoming susceptible to triggering is that not many people understand how it works.
10 Questions About Why Ableist Language Matters, Answered
Disability metaphors abound in our culture, and they exist almost entirely as pejoratives.
Disability metaphors abound in our culture, and they exist almost entirely as pejoratives.
8 Things You Should Never Say to an Asexual Person
Many people who are asexual wish the general population knew a little bit more, especially about what not to say – I certainly wish that were the case.
Many people who are asexual wish the general population knew a little bit more, especially about what not to say – I certainly wish that were the case.
5 Things to Do (And Not Do) to Support Someone With Depression
Even if your depression is manageable enough for you to leave the house, it can affect everything in your life.
Even if your depression is manageable enough for you to leave the house, it can affect everything in your life.
3 Ways Our Middle Class ‘Good Intentions’ Do More Harm Than Good
I’m concerned about good intentions. They’ve been scaring me more and more recently.
I’m concerned about good intentions. They’ve been scaring me more and more recently.
15 Comments Polyamorous People Are Tired of Getting
When people find out that I’m polyamorous and that I prefer to date multiple partners with everyone’s knowledge and consent, I get a variety of responses.
When people find out that I’m polyamorous and that I prefer to date multiple partners with everyone’s knowledge and consent, I get a variety of responses.
4 Important Reasons Why Disability Visibility Matters
Online and in my social circles, I’m also actively choosing to be visibly disabled.
Online and in my social circles, I’m also actively choosing to be visibly disabled.
8 Steps Toward Building Indispensability (Instead of Disposability) Culture
Social justice was a set of rules that could finally put the world into an order that made sense to me.
Social justice was a set of rules that could finally put the world into an order that made sense to me.
5 Things You Shouldn’t Say to Women Who Don’t Want Children
Raising kids is an honorable thing, but that doesn’t mean you should be pressured into it for the sake of conforming to ideals that aren’t even yours.
Raising kids is an honorable thing, but that doesn’t mean you should be pressured into it for the sake of conforming to ideals that aren’t even yours.
8 Reminders to Not Be So Hard on Yourself When You’re Just Trying to Survive
You don’t have to be perfect. Surviving is enough, and you should not feel bad if that is all you can manage sometimes.
You don’t have to be perfect. Surviving is enough, and you should not feel bad if that is all you can manage sometimes.
11 Common Ways White Folks Avoid Taking Responsibility for Racism in the US
A structural understanding recognizes racism as a default system that institutionalizes an unequal distribution of resources and power between white people and people of color.
A structural understanding recognizes racism as a default system that institutionalizes an unequal distribution of resources and power between white people and people of color.
How White Americans Lose When They Don’t Stand Up for Racial Justice (And 4 Ways They Can Counter Racism Instead)
Perhaps more White Americans would become more invested in the fight for racial justice if they looked inward to question the costs of their denial.
Perhaps more White Americans would become more invested in the fight for racial justice if they looked inward to question the costs of their denial.
5 Common Assumptions You Never Realized Were Classist
It’s active classism that I’m going to focus on today – the people who look at any level of poor and declare it wrong or disgusting or lazy.
It’s active classism that I’m going to focus on today – the people who look at any level of poor and declare it wrong or disgusting or lazy.