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What DID Might Tell Us About Gender Identity
What DID Might Tell Us About Gender Identity
A different way to have pride
Dr. Patrick Bryce Wright
Jun 17
The Irony Of Womanhood
The Irony Of Womanhood
We are worth more than a life spent hating ourselves.
Lisa Fouweather
Jun 17
It’s Not Up To You (Straight People) To Say How I Should Feel
It’s Not Up To You (Straight People) To Say How I Should Feel
Understanding a little about your place of speech as a non-member of the LGBT community
TRAVEL STORIES BY GABE
Jun 15
A Wordy, Nerdy, History of ‘Gay’
A Wordy, Nerdy, History of ‘Gay’
Tracing words through history, from adjectives to identities
Joe Duncan
Jun 14
Skinny People Have Feelings Too
Skinny People Have Feelings Too
No one should be made to feel bad about their size
Kimberly Fosu
Jun 12
Pride Month
Pride Month
and what it means for an aspec person
Quinn
Jun 11
The Old Man and the Fence
The Old Man and the Fence
Peter Blue Cloud and “The Old Man’s Lazy” — poetry and the passing of time
Sara Relli
Jun 10
Time Blindness: When Being Neurodivergent Is A Superpower
Time Blindness: When Being Neurodivergent Is A Superpower
How our ability to hyperfocus on what we’re passionate about is a recipe for success
Lisa Fouweather
Jun 9
Not Everyone Is Called to Marry
Not Everyone Is Called to Marry
Some people are going to remain single, and that’s okay
Kimberly Fosu
Jun 9
The Racism That Still Lives Deep in My Bones
The Racism That Still Lives Deep in My Bones
Let’s call teaching racism to your kids what it is: child abuse
Charles Bastille
Jun 7
When the Government Screws Up, We Pay the Price
When the Government Screws Up, We Pay the Price
My eight-month battle with the Department of Health and Human Services.
Allie Funk
Jun 7
Autism in Media
Autism in Media
How Many Representations Are Still Problematic and What We Can Do to Fix Them
Mariolina Castellaneta
Jun 7
We Need To Stop Reducing The Menstrual Cycle To Periods
We Need To Stop Reducing The Menstrual Cycle To Periods
The impact of the menstrual cycle is more than just a bit of blood at ‘that time of the month’
Lisa Fouweather
Jun 2
The Crone Advantage
The Crone Advantage
Wanna stop getting hassled on the street? Get old.
M. J. Carson
Jun 1
It’s 2024 and Conversion Therapy STILL isn’t banned in the UK
It’s 2024 and Conversion Therapy STILL isn’t banned in the UK
Equality is impossible to achieve in a society where conversion therapy is still permissible.
Lisa Fouweather
Jun 1
Loveless? More Like Loveful
Loveless? More Like Loveful
How and why “Heartstopper”’s representation of asexuality is important
Mariolina Castellaneta
May 31
The Long-Term Psychological Effects Of Anorexia.
The Long-Term Psychological Effects Of Anorexia.
I might be in my twenties now, but the long-term impacts of the so-called ‘teenage’ illness, still linger
Lisa Fouweather
May 28
Why The ‘Option Of Least Resistance’ Isn’t Always The Best
Why The ‘Option Of Least Resistance’ Isn’t Always The Best
This is how society upholds systems of oppression.
Lisa Fouweather
May 26
Women Are Reclaiming The Word ‘Slut.’
Women Are Reclaiming The Word ‘Slut.’
When you remove the ownership of power behind an insult, it loses it’s ability to hurt us.
Lisa Fouweather
May 25
‘Masc Or Femme?’ Why I Am Neither & Both At The Same Time
‘Masc Or Femme?’ Why I Am Neither & Both At The Same Time
Because gender identity and gender expression are not one and the same.
Lisa Fouweather
May 22
Queer Love Stories in Ovid: Iphis and Ianthe
Queer Love Stories in Ovid: Iphis and Ianthe
By examining the tale of Iphis and Ianthe, this article asks if the ancient Romans were pro-trans or simply anti-lesbian?
Tom Barrett
May 19
Why Does The Eurovision Song Contest Have Such A Large Queer Following?
Why Does The Eurovision Song Contest Have Such A Large Queer Following?
‘Gay people love Eurovision’: Accurate representation or (yet another) stereotype?
Lisa Fouweather
May 17
Falling Through the Educational Cracks
Falling Through the Educational Cracks
The struggle of growing up in two different worlds.
Allie Funk
May 16
Is Classics Islamophobic?
Is Classics Islamophobic?
This article explores the complicated relationship between Islam and the academic discipline of (Western) Classics.
Tom Barrett
May 14
Does Enjoying BDSM Make You A ‘Bad Feminist?
Does Enjoying BDSM Make You A ‘Bad Feminist?
“Our body, our choice.”
Lisa Fouweather
May 14
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