Cops Actively Prevent Marginalized Communities From Accessing Food and Safety
The existence of cops is integral to keeping poor people from having their basic needs met, whether it is through criminalization or guarding dumpsters full of food. CW: poverty, mentions of police violence On Tuesday, February 16, images of a dozen cops
In Retrospect: ‘The Lobster’ And Society’s Disdain For Singles
Singles experience more prejudice and discrimination from society at large than most are willing to recognize or admit, especially coupled people who benefit from it. This essay contains spoilers for The Lobster (2015) and briefly mentions sexual assault and suicide Bisexuality is
Girlboss Feminism and the Commercialization of “Wokeness”
Hiding behind feminism allows the problematic girlboss to rebrand and remain unanswerable to the harm she has caused. Inclusivity is worn as a skin to deflect bad behavior. TW: Sexual Harassment, Sexual Abuse By Gloria Oladipo Nadya Okamoto has been described as “inspirational”
How Food Insecurity and Eating Disorders Are Connected
Blaming individuals experiencing food insecurity for their food choices and body size puts them at even higher risk for disordered eating behaviors and developing Eating Disorders. CW: discussions of disordered eating behaviors and eating disorders By Patrilie Hernandez An estimated 50.4 million people
Let’s Reject Diet Culture This New Year
Every New Year, we are flooded with diet culture marketing, imploring us to shrink our bodies in the name of “healthy” living. Let’s begin rejecting the diet culture mentality. By Dalia Kinsey Diet culture: a toxic belief system that exclusively links thinness