Kindness bridges many differences too, and so does a love of One Tree Hill or Lost or beautiful books or terrible movies.
I know this world. I live in it too. There's no shelter or safety or escape from the cruel stares and comments, the too-small seats, the too-small everything for your too-big body.
Sherman Alexie wrote, There are millions of teens who read because they are sad and lonely and enraged. They read because they live in an often-terrible world. They read because they believe, despite...
Nostalgia is powerful. It is natural, human, to long for the past, particularly when we can remember our histories as better than they were. Life happens faster than I can comprehend.
I’ve decided that I will not allow my body to dictate my existence, at least, not entirely. I will not hide from the world.
I’ve been forced to look at my guiltiest secrets. I’ve cut myself wide open. I am exposed. That is not comfortable. That is not easy.
In my teens and early twenties, I often went clothes shopping with my mother and I could always see her dismay at where I am forced to shop. I could see that she wished her daughter had a different bo...
Specific body parts, problem areas, also get labels—fupa, gunt, cankles, thunder thighs, Hi Susans, wings, cottage cheese thighs, hail damage, muffin tops, side boob, back fat, love handles, saddlebag...
You don’t necessarily have to do anything once you acknowledge your privilege. You don’t have to apologize for it. You need to understand the extent of your privilege, the consequences of your privile...
Also understood that I wasn’t being intentionally mean. I was being honest (admittedly, without tact), and I was being human. It is either a blessing or a curse that those are rarely likable qualities...
It’s dangerous to suggest that the targets of oppression are wholly responsible for ending that oppression.
When it comes to fat, there has to be a reason. We need to be able to trace the genealogy of obesity. Without that genealogy, we are simply mystified. People need an explanation for how a person can l...
If you cannot recognize your privilege, you have a lot of work to do
It is often women who pay the price for what men want.
I knew I was in love with The Hunger Games when I did not want to get off the treadmill
Narratives about certain experiences are somehow legitimized when mediated through a man’s perspective.
I have presence, I am told. I take up space. I intimidate. I do not want to take up space. I want to go unnoticed. I want to hide. I want to disappear until I gain control of my body.
It seems that, if something makes you feel better, it is a healthy option. Want to sleep all day? That’s okay. Drink too much? That can be a valid coping choice. Isolating yourself via a fear of the o...
I am a bad feminist because I never want to be placed on a Feminist Pedestal. People who are placed on pedestals are expected to pose, perfectly. Then they get knocked off when they fuck it up. Consid...
In our culture, we talk a lot about change and growing up, but man, we don’t talk nearly enough about how difficult it is.
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