by the BGD Team
Happy Friday, folks! We know you’re probably very much OVER the work week at this point and are likely to slack off a whooooole bunch today, so we’ve compiled a handy list of things you may have missed on BGD this past week or so, so you can be as unfocused on work as you like today!
Being Our Revolution: A Simpler Approach to Change in the New Year
So what if this year, to counter-act this overwhelm and dominant culture of doing, we set ourselves a simpler plan that could result in more progress than our to-do lists? What if this year, rather than start with what we want to do, we focus on who we want to BE? READ IT
Your Dick Smells Like Cheetos and Other Reasons Women May Not Be Interested in Sucking It (NSFW)
Today on Twitter my timeline was besmirched with a retweet from some ashy fool suggesting that women won’t perform fellatio on him because…feminism. Feminists have apparently banned together to deny this guy head because that’s what feminism is all about…or something. Anyhoo, here was my response. Happy Friday! 
READ IT
How To Support Each Other When Rape Looks Different From What We’re Taught
When I initially shared my experience with my closest friends in High School, they didn’t consider it rape because he was my boyfriend and we were fooling around and plus “y’all were going to do it eventually anyway.”
While I never said no, I never said yes. If there is one thing I want folks to take away from this is that consent means a solid YES and nothing less. READ IT
“I Mustn’t Run Away!”: Anime and Survival as a Trans Youth
Self-esteem, self-worth, and healthy body images are built through being able to see images of someone who is like you. In other words, how you view yourself and people like you depends on the images you’re given access to. Society does not allow people who are not the racial majority or are gender/sexual minorities to have control of their images, it’s always the oppressor who has the control over which images of who get displayed. There were very few images of trans women in the media when I was a child. READ IT
Stickin’ It To the Man By Stickin’ It To Yourself: Finding Body Acceptance Through Masturbation (NSFW)
Most of us reach for underneath with intention of coming and then going. Much muff, but no fuss. Granted, with masturbation you have the freedom to be as hasty or nasty as you so choose. But, masturbation is an amazing tool of self-expression and self-esteem building. READ IT
Qraftish: Your Silence Will Not Protect You (Ep. 1)
Young queer kid ponders race, queerness, gender, feminism, awkwardness, etc. in “Qraftish”—a new web series from BGD! In this pilot episode, Christal wrestles with the difficulties of speaking up. WATCH IT
