Natalie Slaughter

[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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

We’ve all made bad choices when it comes to dating. Mine involves Hannah Montana, a tractor, and an awkward invitation to a threesome.

At this point gender basically exists to sell us stuff.