“This Isn’t Working”: How I Learned to Find the Best Therapist for Me
Therapy can be life-changing, but you have to take time to find the right person.
Not Your “Geisha Doll”: Why We Need to Stop Skirting Around Racist Sexual Violence
My needs, pain, comfort, and boundaries already meant nothing, not because of what I was wearing, but because of my racial identity.
4 Ways Non-Monogamy Helps Me Feel Safer and More Comfortable in Romantic Relationships
It feels like our commitment is chosen rather than established through the rote comfort of routine.
Waiting Tables Ain’t Easy: Why Service Workers’ Treatment Is Unacceptable
We have created a service culture in which we allow customers to dehumanize service workers.
8 Lessons That Show How Emotional Labor Defines Women’s Lives
We’re taught that the work we do to care for others is an act of love which must be given freely, even when it comes at the cost of our own well-being and self-expression.
Rethinking Beauty, Ableism, and My Own Self-Loathing: What Raising My Disabled Daughter Teaches Me
Those things that make my daughter different make her utterly beautiful.
3 Ways You Might Change After a Difficult Thing Has Happened (And Why That’s Okay)
Relearn your(new)self. Make peace with your(new)self.
Gordofobia 101: 6 herramientas para desmontar los estigmas sobre el peso
El estigma del peso y la gordofobia necesitan ser oídos, reconocidos y desafiados.
How I Came to Honor My “Too Black” Name as a Black, Queer, Fat Woman
I was a child, without any tools or language to understand what I felt and was experiencing when it came to my name. So I just internalized anti-Black beliefs around my name and deep levels of shame that my name was so “ghetto”.
How Stigmatizing Male Emotional Vulnerability Has Created a Crisis for Us All
Too often, men who are suffering do so alone, believing that revealing their personal pain is tantamount to failing at their masculinity.
Hot Sex After 50: 3 Myths and 3 Truths
The great thing about our 50s is that we literally have zero fucks left to give.
3 Ways to Honor 9/11 Without Being Islamophobic
Why do Muslims have to spend the anniversary of 9/11 explaining that Muslims were affected by the attacks?
3 Tips For Practicing Self-Care When Grieving
Grief can wrap you up and hold you hostage if you let it.
Not Everyone’s “Born This Way”: How I Grew Into My Middle-Aged Trans Identity
“Coming out” looks like so many things for so many people. It can be the culmination of years of fear and denial, or it can be a sudden epiphany. Sometimes, it’s loud and public, and sometimes, it’s quiet and private. For some it’s a defiant break from a prison cell; for others, a peaceful realization. We need to make sure that all lived experiences are welcome under the Out and Proud banner.
12 maneras de saber si tu cansancio se debe al trabajo emocional y cómo construir limites saludables
Las experiencias que afrontamos en el mundo son pesadas, y necesitamos estrategias para evitar quemarnos emocionalmente los unos a los otros.
