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The US owes its very existence to the Black women whose unpaid labor built this nation and whose political activism has rescued it from fascism repeatedly.

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/12/how-to-compensate-black-women-and-femmes-on-social-media-for-their-emotional-labor/

I’ve written several times about various aspects of fat antagonism. But because the body positivity, Health at Every Size, and fat acceptance movements trend very white, there is little discuss...

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/10/meat-on-dem-bones-confronting-fat-antagonism-and-diet-culture-in-black-beauty-politics/

I am tired of talking about labor. When I went through a recent trauma, I tried to put up boundaries around my time, space, and labor. The day it happened, I tried to say no to a white person’s...

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/07/white-people-this-is-how-to-check-your-privilege-when-asking-people-of-color-for-their-labor/

If your feminist space is predominantly white and cisgender, chances are that it’s got a lot of messy unchecked dynamics at play.

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/07/white-cis-feminist-spaces/

Learning to use spirituality as a form of healing and resistance is vital to both ourselves and our given communities.

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/06/spiritual-practice-resist/

While marches and protests are a great show of solidarity for marginalized individuals who have been and will continue to be the most at risk under the current administration, we must mobilize in...

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/06/november-elections/

These actions can help us move beyond a circular conversation about why we need diversity and toward meaningful change.

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/05/who-tells-our-stories-matters/

Decolonizing nonprofits means decentering whiteness and honoring difference within our organizations. It means discovering how our ancestors took care of their communities before nonprofits exist...

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/05/decolonizing-nonprofits/

The relationship of Asian fetishization to white supremacy is rarely explored or explained but is present in every corner of the space it creates.

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/04/asian-fetishization-whiteness/

Talk the way you talk. Code-switch if you aren’t being understood, but never make it your responsibility or only option. The way you speak is perfectly valid.

https://everydayfeminism.com/2018/04/stop-code-switching/