body positivity

The history of non-binary genders is longer than you know

Meg Leach
A woman in a dark hijab turning around to smile at the viewer while standing amongst some flowers.
A woman in a dark hijab turning around to smile at the viewer while standing amongst some flowers.

No, I will not be taking my hijab off for my wedding and you can’t make me

Neha Merchant
[Image description: An illustration of an iPad reading "fanfiction.net" along with line art drawings of bodies in the background.] Illustration by Maheen Humayun
[Image description: An illustration of an iPad reading "fanfiction.net" along with line art drawings of bodies in the background.] Illustration by Maheen Humayun

I learned about sex through fanfiction, and it’s a bit questionable

Anonymous
[Image description: Person analyzing themselves in the mirror.] Via free photos on Pexels
[Image description: Person analyzing themselves in the mirror.] Via free photos on Pexels

I don’t need to hear backhanded compliments about my weight loss

Sarah Khan
[Image description: a collage of items shown in the article.] via Etsy and The Tempest
[Image description: a collage of items shown in the article.] via Etsy and The Tempest

12 ways to support Latinx creatives… and be very stylish while doing it

Anais Catalina Gonzalez
Image description: A black and white photo of a woman walking through a field. She is wearing workout clothes. / Via Pixabay
Image description: A black and white photo of a woman walking through a field. She is wearing workout clothes. / Via Pixabay

I’m 35 & don’t want kids —but I had to fight my doctor to get a hysterectomy

Jane Halpern
[Image description: a collage of seven examples of the funny fat women trope]
[Image description: a collage of seven examples of the funny fat women trope]

Why are plus size women always relegated to the comic relief sidekick?

Camilla Selian Meeker

Getting married means that my Pakistani parents have to bribe my new in-laws

Sofia Syed

Here’s why your gyno wishes you’d leave your pubic hair alone

Tatyana Zinger
A dark-haired woman in a red dress in a graduation cap.
A dark-haired woman in a red dress in a graduation cap.

Here’s the graduation advice nobody will ever tell you

Laila Alawa

How social isolation altered my relationship with makeup

Ellen Heydenrych
[Image description: Standing in a field of yellow flowers, a woman with brown skin and brown hair wearing a white shirt hugs a man with brown skin and brown hair wearing a leather jacket and a camouflaged backpack.] Via Yash Raj Films
[Image description: Standing in a field of yellow flowers, a woman with brown skin and brown hair wearing a white shirt hugs a man with brown skin and brown hair wearing a leather jacket and a camouflaged backpack.] Via Yash Raj Films

Here’s why I finally lost my undying obsession for DDLJ

Iqra Khan