Awarding the founding members the Sydney Peace Prize affirms the goals and the work accomplished by BLM so far have been crucial to any modern peace-building in...
Spoilers for The Handmaid's Tale - if you aren't caught up, you may encounter spoilers.
When The Handmaid's Tale first premiered on Hulu, I wasn't quite sure...
"As the founder of a self-funded intersectional publication, intersectionality isn't just about having other people tell our stories; it's about providi...
Gendered clothing is so passé.
As hunter-gatherers, men and women wore the same clothing. Even into the advancement of horseback riding, all genders wore the...
Welcome to Crazy Talk: a mental health advice column written by yours truly, a mentally ill and queer writer reclaiming his “crazy” to educate and empower. In a...
TW- Discussions about suicide, depression and anxiety.
“Nothing in my life has ever made me want to commit suicide more than people's reaction to my trying to ...
OCD is as debilitating as any other mental illness.
May is Mental Health Awareness month. As someone living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), I think t...
The cable television adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s "American Gods" has it’s share of issues when it comes to depicting people of color.
I thought the days were g...
The fact that Bresha is considered one of "the lucky ones" points to systemic failures within our justice system.
(TW- Mentions of domestic/physical violence, ...
It’s time to allow children safe spaces where they don’t have to worry about what’s going on in this world.
Last night’s terrible attack in Manchester is yet a...
Master of None promotes a vision of America that is enriched by the complexities of its immigrant communities, instead of persistent racist narratives.
In Aziz...
Decriminalizing prostitution is the only way to secure justice for survivors of trafficking.
By Laura LeMoon
The word “trafficking” elicits a lot of stron...
This week's astrology forecast is about making space for meeting new people, and working with your sun sign to set intentions around what the Gemini Moo...
Black women are rarely cast as romantic love interests. The best part of Warner Bros. Everything, Everything is the film's effort to rectify that and normalize ...
Invoking the language of self-love and body-love to rationalize weight loss surgery is gaslighting. Period.
CW: This article will discuss weight loss surgery (...
Here are a few new tracks that you should add to your playlist that never made it to Billboard Awards Show.
Another year, another Billboard Awards show. Who ca...
When black women celebrate maternity, it is an act of resistance.
To the delight of fans everywhere, Beyoncé has been sharing moments of her life and pregn...
Guessing how Malcolm X would respond to current events can be a slippery slope, but it’s safe to say that he would not have been surprised by Trump’s election.
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African American activist Malcolm X is a superhero for many Muslims, who have gained valuable lessons from his life. Here are 6 of them.
Malcolm X, later known...
Aaminah Shakur: "Every step you take to self-care, you are also setting an example for others and making it possible for them to do what they need for themselve...
Like most accounts of slaves and the families they died serving, Alex Tizon's "My Family's Slave" seems more about mitigating the feelings of the oppressor than...
LaVar Ball's remarks reflect the kind of mentality toward women in sports that still pervades many fans’ minds. He was saying women's opinions in sports don't m...
What does resistance look like when you’re white, like Hillary Clinton, and your daily existence isn’t colonized, questioned and dehumanized?
This week, Hillar...
This week, let’s talk about whether to get an emotional support animal (and my cat, because I’ll take any possible excuse to talk about my cat).
Welcome to Cra...
Being Brown and queer in counterculture spaces can be challenging enough, even with the “perfect” body. But San Cha bares it all.
https://www.instagram.com/p/B...
The popularity of Romphim suggests that it’s time we moved beyond limiting, boring ideas about clothing and gender.
When someone first showed me the Romphim --...
Bill Cosby is all the wonderful things his daughters said: "Civil rights activist, advocate for children, philanthropist, talented entertainer" -- and a rapist....
When Miss USA, Kára McCullough, was so quick to dismiss and remove herself from feminism, it worked as both anti-feminist rhetoric and a showcase of her privile...
When your partner is a trans woman, you learn just how much transphobia she faces. To be a good partner, find ways to educate yourself and speak up for her.
I'...
Get inspired for the summer cons by these awesome body-positive cosplay looks. You can be anything and anyone you want to be!
Summer is almost upon us, and wit...
Dear Virgie: "It really sucks to be crushing on a fat babe who doesn't know how to see that they are worthy of love, and instead is perpetuating their own dehum...
After a South Asian tech CEO abused his wife and daughter, he only got a slap on the wrist. She faces ostracism. This has to change.
(Content warning: discussi...
Torch-wielding alt-right demonstrators took to the streets of Charlottesville shouting "all lives matter" this weekend -- and got away with it.
I've lost count...
“People didn’t suddenly become anti-Semitic, they always have been. It’s just now they think it’s okay, because they see who the country elected."
Marginalized...
Astrology this week will be shaped by the sun, which moves into the breezy sign of Gemini on Saturday, while the waning moon will slow things down.
The big new...
Asian American and Pacific Islander musicians are tremendously under-represented -- and often left out of the musical conversation. We're here to help change th...
"At Luminoustudios, we’re very passionate about shattering the glass ceiling and giving more opportunity to women in the film industry."
Meet Reema Dutt, one-h...
One of the best things my mother did for me was to teach me that it’s OK to tell family that their behavior is harmful to you. Even if it's your mother.
Last y...
When I took her in, it was only supposed to be temporary. But then her mom became homeless, and I was able to give her a stable place to grow up.
(The author o...
"Femmes of color are the ultimate signs of survival. But the double-edged sword of that survival is the expectation to be perfect, have stable emotions and take...
Mother's Day can bring up a lot of feelings, but most people have at least one mother in their life whom they cherish. Whether it is your own, a close relative ...
When mothers and caretakers are locked in cages, families and communities suffer devastating consequences. We need to join the movement to help bail them out.
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It’s an ableist assumption that people with mental health struggles can’t be together -- it suggests that only neurotypical people are “good” at relationships.
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When brown women wear saris, salwar kameez or hijab, they are told to "go home." But when a white woman does it, she's celebrated. That's appropriation.
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For loyal customers and activists boutiques like the Plus Bus have become safe spaces to gather. They're our fat cultural centers.
This weekend, Los Angeles bo...
Lucky for us that a space like Afropunk is still within reach for black America and can serve as the inspiration for similar spaces to crop up.
All right, I ha...
Dear Virgie,
Do you think we should stop using words like “thin” and “fat,” since they draw attention to size differences and only increase the divide betwee...
For artists like Miley Cyrus, blackness is an outfit. She made money from treating black women and femmes like props, and used hip-hop to appeal to the white ki...
The first-ever MTV Movie & TV Awards took place last night, and featured a handful of memorable moments highlighting gender and racial diversity. Here's a l...
This week's astrology forecast is all about the full Moon in Scorpio, ready to wash away the old and bring in the new. Read on to find out what it has in store ...
