Natalie Slaughter

Even a Google search will conflate “queer women” with “lesbian.” So the first and most obvious thing I wish people understood about being a queer woman, is that we exist.

There’s a lot more to sexuality than meets the eye.

Treating women like idiots has the additional consequence of making women less likely to report symptoms in general. It’s really exhausting

It's okay to dump your friends — even friends who have been there for you in the past. Remember today that you deserve good things and good people.

You can learn to live with the pain, you can move on as I have after over a decade of self-reflection and hard work, but you never, ever get over it.

There’s a lot more information about what it’s like to be a fat woman and the things you should and shouldn’t say. Here's what I want everyone to know...

Because you only get one shot at life.

There’s absolutely nothing wrong with loving my body. I don’t have to choose between being fat and beautiful, I can be both.