When it comes to the body positivity movement, we need to stop comparing skinny shaming to fat shaming. While both are harmful, they never have and never will be on the same level.
Category Archives: Op-Ed
Embracing Our Body Hair
Having more or less body hair does not make one more or less feminine. Our body hair does not define who we are.
The Caricature of Feminine Irrationality
When a society overemphasizes gender, it must grapple with the consequences. Unfortunately, those consequences manifest themselves in the form of destructive and unaccommodating gender stereotypes.
Blood Type: Queer
Institutionally tying queer sex to medical contamination is one of many ways that queer people have been systemically portrayed as sexually dangerous, prompting discriminatory policies in the name of ‘protecting’ the rest of society.
Why We Dislike the Idea of Being Girly
The breakdown of female characters into rigid categories, and the glorification of some of these as “ideal” stems from generations of misogyny.