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Earlier today I saw someone tweet that straight people who reject heteronormativity are queer and it really set my teeth on edge but also got me thinking about this question

I feel like for years leftist feminists I know have been all, “You know, leftist sexism has been a persistent problem for forever, in fact it’s part of what inspired

Just to make it explicit*, here’s the fundamental issue I have with Bella Thorne bragging about making a ton off cash off of OnlyFans.Basically, it’s a part of the following

The thing about the NYC conversation is that there are people who are invigorated by NYC and don’t find it a hard place to live and there are people who

Men will truly have a woman tell them her name is Jenny and that she can be reached at 867-5309 and go, “Damn, that number is disconnected, Jenny must have

Oof this piecehttps://forward.com/opinion/453004/ice-is-forcing-muslims-to-eat-pork-my-fellow-orthodox-jews-this-is-our/ I mean, yes, Orthodox Jews should absolutely be standing up for Muslims detained by ICE, but being forced to eat pork i

One thing I find really frustrating is that when biphobia comes up in TV storylines, it’s often defended with this argument of, “Well, that’s how the characters would feel!”And like,

I’d trust a person with a diagnosed mental illness who is open and upfront about what it is, how it affects them, and how they manage it over a “sane”

Still thinking about @yumcoconutmilk’s thread about mental illness destigmatization, and how a lot of the focus is on “relatable” mental illnesses like depression and anxiety, while conditions like borderline, bipolar,

Extroverts will be the death of us I know I’ve got some degree of, uh, privilege here as an introvert who strongly prefers one on one gatherings even in non-pandemic

Everyone thinks they are too smart to wind up the victim of abuse and that is *exactly* why everyone is at risk of being abused. Abusers will earn your trust

A few years ago, I — or, more accurately, the writers’ conference I co-founded, BinderCon — got publicly called out for our attendance policy, which required that everyone on the