Results for: Feel good
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If Your Neurodivergent Ass Hasn’t Rediscovered Plushies, This Is Your Sign To Start
Society: hard and cold. Plush toys: soft and warm.
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EXCERPT: In “Thin Skin,” Jenn Shapland Considers What It Means to Live a Childfree Queer Life
In an excerpt from her new essay collection Thin Skin, Jenn Shapland examines childfreedom.
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New Year’s Resolutions Can Be Fun Actually
If you want to work out more, that’s great. But it’s also great if what you want is to watch every episode of the original Twilight Zone or dedicate more time to long masturbation sessions.
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Power Ranking Italian Christmas Cookies
Personally, I think it’s kind of f*cked up how decadent amaretti cookies are.
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10 Things That Surprised Me After Top Surgery
I’m six weeks post-op from Top Surgery, and I’m learning a ton. I’m learning more about my body and my dysphoria, my goals for transitioning, and most importantly, life without boobs.
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So You’re Hosting Your First Thanksgiving: Tips for Crushing it From a Seasoned Pro
As someone who has been hosting Thanksgiving on and off for the last 11 years, I’ve learned a lot.
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Work-Life Balance: How?!?!
Six queer small business owners and self-employed people share their best tips for how you can achieve that oh-so-elusive “work-life balance.”
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Things They Don’t Tell You About Becoming a Non-Carrying, Queer Mom
Insights from a non-carrying toddler mom, because I don’t think they make a two-moms edition of “What to Expect When You’re Expecting”.
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You Need Help: My Work Mentee Came Out to Me but I Didn’t Come Out to Her
There’s definitely a middle ground here: You can come out but also be clear about your boundary of not wanting to discuss your own identity in depth.
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Testosterone Can Grow Prostate Tissue and Other Things They Don’t Tell You About T
Trans people and medical professionals have a lot to learn from each other.
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Holigay Gift Guide: For High Maintenance Femmes Who Are Deep in Beautytok
Skincare, fun makeup, and handy accessories to please even the brattiest femmes among us!
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Healing After Top Surgery: Expectation vs. Reality
What’s it like to walk down the stairs with nothing bouncing? What’s it like to feel a seatbelt flat against me? What’s it like when my girlfriend lays her head on my chest, REALLY on my chest, closer to my heart than ever?
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Why Is It So Hard for Us To Take Time for Ourselves?
There have been many times when I’ve said that I’m going to make a stronger effort to take time for myself and that lasts for a couple weeks before I fall right back into the routine of ignoring my needs.
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Holigay Gift Guide: What To Buy the Muscle Masc in Your Life
I’m including some tighter budget items and more size-inclusive options as well, because I don’t think anyone should be kept from being their best self in the gym just because of finances or lack of available larger sizes.
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10 Ways to Keep Your Disabled / Chronically Ill Friends Safer This Pride
We clown on the commodification of Pride, but what good is that if we continue to perpetuate all the ableism intrinsic in capitalism in our own spaces?
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Christmas With a Tween
My mother warned me that it goes by fast, but f*ck. The constant back and forth of being the mom of a tween is breaking my heart.
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How To Engage With New Year’s Resolutions More Thoughtfully
I have to take a page from my time recovering from an eating disorder. The habits and encouragement found in supportive eating disorder recovery look a lot like the things we want to emulate in daily life.
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F*ck It All Fall
Let’s do it, queers. Let’s embrace our seasonal chaotic energy and manifest it into long-term, healthy decisions!
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Queer Mom Chronicles: Tips for Navigating Back-to-School Time for LGBTQ+ Parents
Establishing a good relationship with your child’s school when you’re a queer parent is incredibly important.
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10 Self Help Books Whose Titles Healed Me Without Having to Actually Read Them
Is reading nonfiction case histories of women who love too much really what I want to do with my one wild and precious life?