Natalie Slaughter

Treating women like idiots has the additional consequence of making women less likely to report symptoms in general. It’s really exhausting

Even a Google search will conflate “queer women” with “lesbian.” So the first and most obvious thing I wish people understood about being a queer woman, is that we exist.

To claim that something is “just politics” is to point out how much privilege you have, either systematically or incidentally.

[N]o one held my molester down and called the police for what he did to me. He was quietly escorted away, and over the course of a few months, the whispers of support turned into accusations.

Because you only get one shot at life.

It's okay to dump your friends — even friends who have been there for you in the past. Remember today that you deserve good things and good people.

There’s a lot more to sexuality than meets the eye.