Natalie Slaughter

Why is Marvel casting white actors to play Asian characters?

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.

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

[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.

Because you only get one shot at life.

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

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.

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