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What Happens to Queer People Who Don’t Have a Chosen Family?

a transmasculine person standing by the water and looking into the distance
by Rachel Charlene Lewis
November 11, 2019 at 2:13pm
“I guess it’s felt like queerness alone isn’t enough of a glue.”
Bride Wars, featuring Emma (Anne Hathaway) and Liv (Kate Hudson). Two white, thin brides lay on the ground in white wedding dresses after fighting with each other.

Unshakeable Shame: No One Can Escape the Wedding Industry’s Fatphobia

by Macey Lavoie
October 8, 2019 at 12:39pm
There’s power to be found when brides refuse the industry its thinness obsession and shape the day on their own terms.  Read more »
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From Online Discourse to IRL: 4 Bisexual People Define Bisexuality for Themselves

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
October 7, 2019 at 6:39pm
Bitch is lucky to have multiple bisexual employees, so we’re using this roundtable to parse out our own experiences as bisexuals. Read more »
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#SafeOutside: The Rise of a #MeToo Movement Outdoors

by Hayden Seder
October 2, 2019 at 8:56am
The fear of another person in the outdoors versus the fear of animals, weather conditions, or getting lost is something that is increasingly felt by women. Read more »
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Redefining Limitations: Disabled Athletes Are Adaptive, Resilient, and Still Locked Out

by Tenley Lozano
October 2, 2019 at 8:55am
Disability spans all other identities, but it remains a mostly untouched market for companies that cater to the outdoors industry. Read more »
a collage of a Black woman sitting on top of a van and surrounded by flowers

Jennelle Eliana Is Changing the #VanLife Movement

by Kim Wong-Shing
October 2, 2019 at 8:53am
I felt like my family and I could go anywhere in our van. White supremacy complicated that freedom, but it didn’t take it away completely. Read more »
a tall, white woman with wire glasses is draped by two women of color wearing hijabs

Popaganda: Stovetop Social Justice

by Carmen Rios
September 13, 2019 at 1:30pm
The Los Angeles-based organization Miry’s List has been supporting thousands of individuals and hundreds of families resettling as refugees in the United States since 2016.   Read more »
A photo from Ink Master. A white man tattoos a white person.

You Can’t Be an Ink Master If You Only Tattoo White Skin

by Rachel Charlene Lewis
September 12, 2019 at 3:51pm
A tattoo artist isn’t a master of the art if they can only tattoo white people. Read more »
Louisianna Hot Sauce bottle on a colorful flame background

A Pleasure to Burn: One Family’s Hot-Sauce Heirloom

by Brooklyn White
August 14, 2019 at 2:21pm
In my family, harming yourself is unholy, unless that harm is eyes watering from tasting hot sauce. Read more »
Photo of two nude stone sculptures. One figure stands with its back to the viewer, while the other figure is positioned lower in frame, tilting to one side, smirking whimsically while stretching out the braids on either side of their head.

Nude Awakening: Can the Nudist Movement Get Its Groove Back?

by Victoria Bekiempis
August 12, 2019 at 9:00am
There’s a lot more to the nudist/naturist lifestyle than can be summed up with cute cracks about tan lines and adipose folds. Read more »

Two Moms Share Stories of Migration and Breastfeeding

by Sarah Mirk
August 5, 2019 at 11:41am
What is it like to breastfeed while in immigrant detention? Read more »

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Target Market: Black Women with Guns: Frontier Feminists or Insurrectionists?

Pam Grier plays Coffy, a Black woman with an afro who's sitting on the floor and pointing a gun at an intruder, in the movie Coffy
by Joshunda Sanders
Spring 2012 • Frontier
The guns Black women carry are symbols of their abilities to be both frontierwomen and nurturing warrior mothers birthing a new generation of revolutionaries. Read more »