Suzannah Weiss

When the police arrested Wendy Barnes's pimp, it appeared as if she were free at last, she recalls during our phone interview. “Maybe this nightmare ends,” she thought. But that's when they handcuffed her, brought her to the station, and charged her with the exact same crime: prostitution.

Those who know and love people with depression usually want nothing other than to help. But during the times I've been depressed, even the most well-intentioned efforts to help often backfired.

"Hey, you're a feminist. What do you think of that?" If we feminists got a dollar every time someone at a party asked us this question, we just might close the wage gap.

When speaking with eating disorder victims, what not to say is as important as what to say.

So, sex position articles, please stop imposing your useless advice on me. I already know about more positions than I’ll ever have the chance to try!

Who knew the tech industry could do that.

“Don’t make yourself feel good by calling us survivors.”

When I was first diagnosed with anorexia ten years ago, I vaguely knew that eating disorders were a feminist issue.

At age 25, I'm hardly an adult. But boy am I grown up compared to who I was in college. If I could go back in time, I'd have quite a few things to tell my former self, and save a lot of stress, time, and energy.

One day, when you’re twice your age, you’ll write a letter to yourself with all the things no one taught you about your period