TW: Discussions of violence, mentions of sex or sexwork in the articles. A question that I see in many of the circles I move in has been whether trans masculine people (trans men and masculine leaning non-binary people as well as others under the trans umbrella) can experience and even perform toxic…

We’ve all heard or seen the lines before mocking trigger and content warnings such as, “Life doesn’t come with trigger warnings! Grow up and stop being so sensitive!” when the topic comes up for discussion. Generally there’s also a meme or several thrown around of women with upset or enraged…

This article began as a post on Reddit, it has since been expanded upon. Something that often comes up in discourse about the “labor shortage” is why more disabled people don’t work if they are “able” to work. I figured I would share just one example of why those of…

For most people raised in the United States, the story of the Devil is learned from a very young age. Even children raised in secular households learn about him through fairy tales or due to friends whose family happen to be Christian (Geggel, 2016). The story is almost always the…

While the use of the it/its pronoun is mostly used for inanimate objects, animals, and concepts where we’re not quite sure of what to use (e.g. “It’s raining outside” or “What do you want to do about it?”) there is also a usage that is less common but still just…

TW: discussions of eating disorders, illness, abuse, trauma, violence directed at non-vegans, medical invalidation, and self harm. I know you mean well when you tell me I should try to be vegan, I really do. The problem is that I really need you to listen to me (and others) when…

The BMI is complete horse puckey Now for those of you in the US, I know you’ve heard of the BMI (Not the music group, I’m talking about the Body Mass Index) if you’ve ever gone in for a check up. You might not remember it, but it is a…

MAJOR CWs for trans violence. I’m not proud of what I did in my past, but I’m sharing it in the hopes that others can learn from it. Also CWs for dysphoria, genital mentions, discussion of transphobia and misogyny. I grew up during the 80s and 90s, and while there…

I’ve been sitting back trying to figure out how to best word my thoughts over the past several days. This is going to be a long ass post, so please stay with me as I’m going to be airing out a lot of my own dirty laundry in this as…