From a young age, women are taught by media messages about Western beauty norms that their appearance just isn’t good enough. For most of us, the first time we manipulate our bodies by shaving our... Read More

Note: This article is a continuation of “The Roots of Building a Secular Community” Read articles in that series here. Why is Branding So Important? A brand is the identity of an organization, what it... Read More

Some nontheists who leave religion don’t encounter much opposition (or are lucky enough to be encouraged!) and don’t see their atheist identity as something to fight for. Others have faced strenuous hardships in their deconversion... Read More

This past week brought another incidence of the media disappointingly disregarding women’s bodies. Model Gigi Hadid was forcibly picked up off the ground by an unknown man, later identified as a “prankster” named Vitalii Sediuk,... Read More

This year’s worldwide celebration of Muslim holiday Eid al-Adha recently concluded on September 15. For those unfamiliar with Eid al-Adha, the holiday is meant to commemorate Ibrahim’s willingness to kill his son in the name... Read More

Police shot and killed Keith L. Scott, a Black father of seven with a prior traumatic brain injury, while his wife Rakeyia Scott filmed from less than a block away. Scott’s death on September 20... Read More

If you’ve done any work in social justice circles you will have heard the word “ally”: white people are called on to be allies to people of color, straight people allies to LGBTQ people, men... Read More