Culture

The Third Puberty Is The Hardest

I should not need to traverse a still-broken, still-treacherous medical system to get permission and access—I want a body I feel is mine to manage.

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The Real Reason Superheroes Should Come In All Sizes

Bulimia.com has reworked superhero images to show more realistic body types—and their efforts are valuable in more than the expected ways.

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Writer at six years old, photographed at a local ballet school

Let Him Dance: The Fight To Protect Gender-Expansive Youth

I don’t want this to be a conversation about a blonde boy with long hair — this needs to be a conversation about violence and suicide.

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Michelle Rodriguez Is Right (And Wrong) About Race And Superheroes

Rodriguez is confused when she says that people want her to steal white people's superheroes. But she also has a point.

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Reading Books About Women Made Me A Better Man

Let's be clear: There is no such thing as a boy book or a girl book.

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My Journey To Becoming A Plus-Size Superhero

Models aren't fat girls like me. But here I was, on top of the world.

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How Leonard Nimoy's Death Revealed Facebook's Draconian Community Standards (Again)

Leonard Nimoy wasn't just Spock. He was a photographer dedicated to championing body positivity. But Facebook has banned his images.

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Inside My Whirlwind Life As A High-Profile "Fat" Woman

I did The Today Show, and after that spent 45 minutes talking to Inside Edition. If you're confused, imagine how I felt.

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