Natalie Slaughter

I’m very aware of the fact that I’m fat — trust me. I’ve had this body for longer than you’ve been familiar with it.

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.

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.

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

At this point gender basically exists to sell us stuff.

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

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.