Brecken Hunter Wellborn (he/him) is an educator and critic based in Dallas, Texas. He holds a Master of Arts in Critical Media Studies and teaches film studies. His writing and research areas include ...

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There are few words that really make me cringe, as I’ve pretty much heard it all, but there’s one that still makes my skin crawl, and that’s the F word. No, no, not the four-letter word we hear every ...

Editor's note: This column was first published in City Journal. Walmart Inc. has launched a critical race theory training program that denounces the United States as a "white supremacy system" and ...

Something not openly talked about or widely addressed in the LGBTQ+ community is how "internalized queerphobia" continues to cause challenges in the lives of LGBTQ+ people. We cannot talk about ...

Journalist and MSNBC contributor Paola Ramos, daughter of Jorge Ramos, blamed "internalized racism" for why Latinos are leaving the Democratic Party and supporting former President Trump. Ramos ...

Woman standing on a scale. (Photo by: Joan Slatkin/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) A recent Lancet study of 4060 individuals reported that the pressure to lose weight from family and the ...

Dr. Mariska Van der Horst, associate professor at Vrije University in Amsterdam, presents findings from a study on internalized ageism. As people age, they internalize stereotypes about what it means ...

What does it mean to decenter men, and live your life for yourself? A breakdown of my journey to living my life for me.