Natalie Slaughter

At this point gender basically exists to sell us stuff.

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.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with loving my body. I don’t have to choose between being fat and beautiful, I can be both.

[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.

You can learn to live with the pain, you can move on as I have after over a decade of self-reflection and hard work, but you never, ever get over it.

Why is Marvel casting white actors to play Asian characters?

Because you only get one shot at life.