Using bisexual+ men’s presumed superlativeness encourages sexual intrigue firmly rooted in the biphobic reduction of bisexual+ men to objects of sexual pleasure. TW: biphobia, sexual violence/rape culture, mention of sexual abuse against boys, mention of genitalia, fetishization of bisexual+ men, misogyny By J.R. Yussuf “Bisexual men are the best in bed” is a comment that...
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Mapping My PTSD In Wanda Maximoff’s Sitcom Universe
It’s strange to see myself in Wanda—a red-headed white woman with magical powers—but as a Black woman with PTSD, I understand her use of sitcoms to escape her trauma. This piece includes discussion of domestic violence, trauma, and mental illness. It also contains spoilers for WandaVision. By: Tatiana Johnson-Boria The first couple of notes of...
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We Cannot Transcend Mental Illness In The Context of American Capitalism
Healthcare systems in the United States place the onus of healing on individuals and focus on self-optimization in service of inherently violent capitalism. TW: mentions of suicide, depression, anxiety, PTSD, and forced institutionalization Every suicide prevention day, week, or month, I once conveyed the same message, regurgitating advice that, at the height of my battle...
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Disrupting Mental Health Stigma with Amanda Rosenberg
Both Tauruses, Amanda Rosenberg and I are no stranger to attempting to cure our mental illness by bulldozing our way through it. CW: This story mentions sexual violence and suicide. My vocal self-advocacy after surviving sexual violence has more often than not put me at odds with my parents. In the immediate aftermath of the...
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Sexual Assault Awareness Month: A Wear Your Voice Reading List
Wear Your Voice curated a list of the many pieces we published over the past few years which are fitting reads for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Content Note: discussions of sexual violence, including r/pe, abuse of minors, coercion, and stealthing Survivors of sexual violence need space to be able to talk about and work through...
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Away’s Treatment of Workers Is Symptomatic of Capitalism’s Violence
What has happened at Away, what continues to happen in the rest of the country, is yet another symptom of capitalism and its violence. TW/CW: worker exploitation, racist micro-aggressions, and mentions PTSD Earlier last week, the Verge released an exhaustive report that detailed a toxic work environment at Away, a direct-to-consumer travel startup. The report...
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Social Media Will Be the Death of Me: A Black Sex Worker’s Lament
Sex workers are shadow-banned, locked out of our accounts, and even banned from the platforms that we helped bring to prominence simply for daring to exist. This essay contains mentions of r/pe threats, suicide, whorephobic rhetoric, and child abuse. By Adrie Rose “We’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end,” said Rev....
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#QueerCripRollCall Helped Me Feel Seen By The People I am Kindred to
Seeing Black disabled people affirming their identities, practicing radical transparency, gives me permission to move in my full selfhood. By Aurielle Marie “I’m curating a show for disabled poets, and I think you should feature,” read the message from my friend and renowned poet, Kay Ulanday Barrett. A Filipinx-amerikan performer and activist, Kay had the...
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I Am Tired of Overcoming Trauma: Does Healing Exist For Queer People of Color?
It seems likely that “overcoming” is a continued exercise without any end in sight and that the exhaustion from it is a part of our lives and our DNA. TW/CW: discussion of depression, suicidal ideation and mentions of sexual assault, emotional abuse and trauma. Depression used to be something I didn’t know I was experiencing...
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TIME Magazine and the Process of Revictimization
The simple act of featuring both Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh within the same pages shows how unwilling society is to dismantle r/pe culture. This essay contains mentions of r/pe, sexual assault, PTSD, and alcoholism This week TIME released their “100 Most Influential People of 2019” listicle, which included the likes of Jair Bolsonaro,...