Step 1: Get dessert and an Old Fashioned. Read more
How To Talk (And Not Talk) About Abortion With Your Mother
The Moral Panic Behind Sex Ed
The way we teach sex has long been about our feelings. What’ll it take to focus on the facts? Read more
When WHO Assigns Our Genders, Who Assigns Our Genders?
The International Classification of Diseases doesn’t list being transgender as a disorder anymore. But gender non-conformity is still pathologized. Read more
Mongolian Pride: LGBTQ Activism In One Developing Country
In Mongolia, LGBTQ activists are leveraging political transition to create progressive change. Read more
Sensing Danger Before It’s Visibly Apparent (And Other Useful Lessons In A World Rife With Destruction)
Humans are repositories of composite knowledge, learned by rote because of necessity or habit, much of which sits below, glacially submerged. Read more
Dear Non-Southern White Nationalists: The South Is Not Your Racist Paradise
A red-painted map camouflages all the purple that today is the reality of the old Confederacy, and the Californian waving a Confederate flag wants to render all these real Southerners invisible. Read more
When Are We Going To Get Over Biphobia?
I presumed that my LGBTQ+ friends would be the most understanding and accepting of my bisexuality. I was wrong. Read more
‘Insatiable’ Wants Me To Feel Unlovable
When I developed an eating disorder, it was because I thought I needed to be skinny to be loved. A new TV show does nothing to erase that message. Read more
Forgiving My Body After My Miscarriage
No matter how angry I am at this body that has betrayed me, no matter how much I hate it for taking my baby from me, I can’t hurt it anymore. Read more
South Korean Women Are Fighting to Take Off Their ‘Corsets’
Women in South Korea are fighting back against unfair beauty standards, and getting rid of the things that constrain them. Read more