Natalie Slaughter

Is anything keeping you from believing that you deserve good things?

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.

Why is Marvel casting white actors to play Asian characters?

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.

I’m very aware of the fact that I’m fat — trust me. I’ve had this body for longer than you’ve been familiar with it.

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

[N]o one held my molester down and called the police for what he did to me. He was quietly escorted away, and over the course of a few months, the whispers of support turned into accusations.

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

Because you only get one shot at life.

If I have sex with a woman, it does not make me gay. As someone who identifies as female, it doesn’t even make me a lesbian.