It’s a problem, though, that there’s a right kind of gay, that there are LGBT people who are warmly encouraged to step out of the closet while others who don’t fit certain parameters go largely ignore...
It's scary believing that you, as you are, could ever be enough.
It's not that I don't want to love unharmed people; I just don't understand them.
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...
It is untenable to go through life as an exposed wound. No matter how well intended, trigger warnings will not stanch the bleeding; trigger warnings will not harden into scabs over your wounds.
It is bittersweet that something is better than nothing, even if the something we have is hardly anything at all.
Immovable people will not be moved by testimony. Her story becomes an emotional spectacle, something for people to consider, briefly, before moving on to the next sad story.
I think about how fucked up it is to promote this idea that our truest selves are thin women hiding in our fat bodies like imposters, usurpers, illegitimates.
I recently enjoyed Always Happy Hour by Mary Miller and Homesick for Another World by Ottessa Moshfegh—both dark, strange, a bit uncomfortable, sexy.
I learned how to live in my head, where I could ignore the world that refused to accept me,
I assumed that he was going to make fun of me because I had long become accustomed to people, men mostly, calling out cruelties from their cars, their bicycles, when they walked on by—letting me know...
I am weary of all our sad stories—not hearing them, but that we have these stories to tell, that there are so many. 72 In
He wanted away from Mireille’s parents, all these people who said one thing and meant another. You
He should have been above reproach. As Syreeta McFadden noted, Only in America can a dead black boy go on trial for his own murder.
Good feminists don’t fear the sisterhood because they know they are comporting themselves in sisterhood-approved ways.
College and kindergarten aren’t as different as you’d think.
Change requires intent and effort. It really is that simple. The
Carolina pulled the letter out of her pocket and held the corner to the open flame of a lighter before tossing the burning letter into the air. We lay down on the runway, holding hands. The flame burn...
Abandon the cultural myth that all female friendships must be bitchy, toxic, or competitive. This myth is like heels and purses—pretty but designed to SLOW women down.
You’d be amazed what people are willing to do when they are given permission, either implicitly or explicitly. Given