If you’re raising a son in today’s digital world, you’ve likely heard of the “manosphere” – online communities that promote rigid, and sometimes toxic, ideas about masculinity. These spaces can shape how boys view themselves, women and relationships, often without...
Books to Read for Post Election Grief
The 2024 election results may feel like a moment of profound disappointment and election grief for those who hoped for Kamala Harris to become president. For those who have invested in a vision of progress, justice, and...
How to Improve Body Image
Body image is the combination of thoughts and feelings you have about the way your body looks. It’s normal for the way you feel about your body to change throughout your life and even vary from day to day. Maybe one day you feel good about your body's appearance and...
Exploring Internalized Mononormativity in Nonmonogamy
In recent years, the rise of nonmonogamy, also sometimes referred to as consensual non monogamy has sparked intriguing conversations, nudging even devoted monogamists toward intentional monogamy. Yet, many consensual nonmonogamous folks grapple with internalized...
How to Manage Political Anxiety Pre-Inauguration
With the upcoming inauguration and the recent presidential election, you may be experiencing some pretty serious political anxiety surfacing. Political anxiety is anxiety or fear about a new incoming administration or how your life may change as a result of the...
The Growing Childfree by Choice Movement
Making the decision to forgo having children is not new. However, some people are now more vocal about why they have decided to live child free by choice. Regardless of the reason, a person’s decision around having children is deeply personal and connected to personal...
Desire & Disability: Understanding Sex and Disability
There is a common and damaging belief that individuals who live with disabilities do not or cannot experience sexual pleasure, desire, sexual functioning, intimacy, or build healthy sexual relationships in the same ways as their able-bodied peers. These beliefs are...
Trauma Survivors & Retraumatization of the Legal System
“Adequate justice requires combatting an institutional culture that all too frequently trivializes the impacts of intimate partner violence.” —Negar Katirai, Clinical Professor of Law; Director, Domestic Violence Law Clinic at The University of Arizona ...
Unpacking Feminine Rage: How to Tap into Empowerment
If you are someone who identifies as a woman, how have you been feeling lately? If your answer would include the word ‘angry’ then you are not alone. Many women are angry, fed up, resentful, tired, and burnt out by their individual lived experiences, as well as the...