Grief is trauma. It should be treated in the workplace as such. Read more
A Lack Of Bereavement Leave Is Injustice
Finding My Freedom In A Tube Of Lipstick
In my village, and according to my family, owning lipstick was unacceptable. But to me, lipstick represented freedom. Read more
I Didn’t Want To Be Aroused By My Sexual Assault, But I Was
Fear activates the sympathetic nervous system, increasing blood flow throughout the body—it’s possible that it could even facilitate genital arousal. Read more
Who Draws The Line Between Art And Child Porn?
How do we depict the sexual realities of adolescence without harming children? Read more
Being Brown On Tokyo Tinder
Being brown and Indian, I did not embody an appealing brand of foreignness. Read more
How Schools Could Be Forced To Out Transgender Students
HB 658 perpetuates the dangerous belief that if we forbid children from receiving therapy, then their gender identities will just go away. Read more
The Not-So-Secret Materialism of ‘Queer Eye’
‘Queer Eye’ encourages its heroes to be themselves—as long as they’re buying the right things. Read more
Listen To The Sound Of Gender Transforming: Five-Tracks Of Resistance
We experience not only the in-betweenness of gender, but also the instability of ‘home.’ Read more
‘You Had No Father, You Had The Armor’
Silence and sex turn into offerings when men decide you owe them something. Read more
How Fenty’s Moroccan Spice Palette Excludes Moroccan Women From Its Mission Of ‘Inclusivity’
Orientalism still harms, even if it’s not done maliciously. Read more