Amanda Garcia Torres is a chairwork therapist and trainer in New York City. Source: Photo courtesy of Amanda Garcia Torres Schema therapy is an integrative therapy, meaning it pulls together concepts ...

If misogyny means dislike or contempt towards women, internalized misogyny means the sexist behaviors and attitudes we, as women, absorb through societal norms that we then inflict on other women.

In my recent post “Is LGBTQ community infighting a sign we’re becoming our abusers?, I asserted that “we certainly can and should challenge one another when we disagree on views, actions, terminology, ...

"Boys don’t like it if you’re too smart." ⁠ —Mother to daughter about taking calculus class, from Stand & Deliver. “The chubby girl? I think there’s a pretty sizable ass there, yes, sir. Huge thighs.” ...

We live in a world where everyone is assumed to be heterosexual unless they explicitly state otherwise. But more than that, we live in a world where heterosexuality is thought to be the superior ...