mental health

advice

Lists/Top 10s

health

“Go The F*ck To Sleep!” 8 Ways to Kick Insomnia’s Ass

Sleep is the magic pill. Gotta get in on that.

Carmen Phillips —

Jan 8, 2019

mental health

personal essay

first person

A Birthday Party No One Else Was Invited To

The first time someone described Casey as having “stalkerish” tendencies, I defended her. For the most part though, I didn’t talk about it.

Abbie —

Oct 8, 2018

community

mental health

community

How We Survive This Together

Let’s make radically caring space for each other, OK? Here are some tips and tricks for grounding ourselves and taking care of our communities in times of collective trauma like…

KaeLyn —

Sep 28, 2018

bisexuality

mental health

first person

Brown, Queer, Sad, Strange, and a Skilled Practitioner of Each

I found a different self slowly, learned to exist as if with many different goggles on at once. Always speaking from my mother’s kitchen in the Silicon Valley and, at…

Sagaree Jain —

Sep 26, 2018

college

lesbian college life

school

9 Tips for Surviving Grad School With Mind and Body Intact

It’s easy to get caught up in how difficult grad school is, and to use that difficulty as an excuse to slack off on taking care of yourself, but the…

Ari —

Sep 5, 2018

a-camp

a-camp spring 2018

health

Nervous About A-Camp? Let’s Do Some Grounding

What I’m getting at here is that staying grounded (even though it sounds like an oxymoron) gives you the ability to move.

A. Tony Jerome —

May 14, 2018

mental health

sobriety

first person

5 Years Sober (Or, the Meanest Lesbian I Know Punched Me in the Face)

“I knew that somewhere along the way, I stopped being sober for her and had started doing it for me — and that realization hit me harder than my own…

Molly Priddy —

Apr 4, 2018

epic

Lists/Top 10s

book features

100 of My Favorite Poets For Your Survival Pack

In an unsafe world, we have to make our own survival packs. Carry the words of these 100 fierce poets in yours.

A. Tony Jerome —

Mar 28, 2018

family

hair and beauty

first person

My Absurd Skincare Routine Is the Softest I Am to Myself

Sometimes being queer and black, bisexual and biracial, feels like contradiction, like too many things, and sometimes I’m not sure that I’d recognize myself if I walked by.

Rachel —

Feb 23, 2018

LGBT women's health

mental health

health

9 LGBTQ People Speak Out About Pre-Menstrual Dysphoric Disorder

The following are stories from LGBTQ people living with PMDD — how it manifests for us, what helps and what doesn’t help, and any challenges or opportunities we have found…

Creatrix Tiara —

Jan 31, 2018

album review

mental health

first person

Sad Enough Songs: On Julien Baker and Depression

Depression is not forever because it always ends, and depression is forever because it always comes back. It won’t work if I only want to stay on the days when…

Adrian —

Nov 14, 2017

advice

diary of a SAD girl

health

5 Ways To Fight Back Against Seasonal Affective Disorder

I’ve been dealing with SAD all my adult life, and especially since I moved to the northeast where daylight lasts about as long as my lunch break from November to…

Heather Hogan —

Nov 10, 2017