Natalie Slaughter

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

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

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.

To claim that something is “just politics” is to point out how much privilege you have, either systematically or incidentally.

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.

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

I barely had a chance to say “What’s taking him so long?” before he stepped up to the counter to ask me what he could help me with. Me. Not my friend who had been standing there for a minimum of twenty minutes waiting for assistance, but ME, the white girl.

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...