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Stop telling disabled people to ‘move to Canada’ for health care

Here’s what preexisting conditions exclusions will do to the disability community

Your social justice events should be accessible. Period.

On re-reading Marion Zimmer Bradley

I’m currently working on a bit of a project about gender essentialism in fantasy, particularly…

Pink hats, women’s marches, and antifemininity in feminism

What they can take from you

For some reason, I’ve been thinking about my grandfather a lot lately, and in particular, his last words to…

On cutting family ties

Some of us have amazing families with strong, wonderful, supportive relationships. Our families are our friends and we…

Here’s why underrepresented people aren’t in your newsroom

The trouble with The OA

Netflix’ The OA, which I am about to spoil profligately here, dropped to critical acclaim, but also some confusion…