Matt Joseph Diaz

Though it's worth noting that my weight was beginning to become a health concern, I’d never considered my body a “problem” until I heard how doctors talked about it. In the same way a hurt child won’t start to cry until he sees the worry in his parent’s face, I never felt bad about my body until the first time I felt like I was being looked at with disgust. So whatever route you decide to take with the health of a child, make sure it’s treated as a growing opportunity and not a solution to a problem. Your children are not problems — they are the foundation upon which the adults of tomorrow will be built.

This week Matt reminds us how amazing we are.

This week on Mondays With Matt: Wearing a crop-top. And I have a NEW BELLYBUTTON.

Matt talks about how to deal with being stared at. 

I know, it's Monday. BLECH. But, that also means it's time for #MondaysWithMatt.

This week, Matt kicks off our Conversation series on coming out with his own story.

This Monday, Matt talks about female comic characters. Batman? How about BatNOTSOMUCHMAN.

This is literally the cutest, happiest thing you will see all day.

It’s pretty easy to see why people would want to rebel against [our current standard of beauty] — it’s unattainable, and even for those who manage to reach something close to it, it’s often unsustainable. However, in rebelling against the oppressive system, we run into situations where people denigrate others who happen to more closely fit the description of what we recognize as the ideal.

I'm 23 years old, I don’t want children, and every elder who discovers this feels compelled to tell me how wrong I am about my own feelings.