advocacy Archives - Belle Brita

Sexual Harassment on the Frozen Foods Aisle

Brita Long — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 21:43:23 +0000

You are so gorgeous. The words hit me quickly, quietly. Panic rose up in my throat even as I kept pushing my cart down the aisle. My heart racing, my anxiety spiking, an adrenaline rush of fear–all in a split second, before my mind could even process. Did that just happen? I immediately started second-guessing... [Read More]

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Viral Hashtag #PatientsAreNotFaking Exposes Bias in Healthcare

Brita Long — Wed, 27 Nov 2019 01:20:01 +0000

When I was 8 years old, I was diagnosed with Crohn’s Disease. How many times have I said this, or written this, or shared this misleadingly simple fact about my life? And yet, while it’s an easy shorthand to explain my Crohn’s journey, my diagnosis wasn’t the beginning of my story. No, my story of... [Read More]

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“How Long Do You Poop After Colonoscopy Prep?” (And Other Questions)

Brita Long — Thu, 04 Apr 2019 18:52:56 +0000

I never expected my all-time most popular blog post to be about colonoscopy prep. And yet that post officially has more than twice as many pageviews as my second-most popular blog post. Apparently the Internet likes it when I talk shit about… well, very liquidy shit. So I am back again to give honest answers... [Read More]

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What I Believe (and Why That Matters)

Brita Long — Mon, 19 Feb 2018 11:00:10 +0000

Welcome to the thirteenth day of the 2018 Love Blog Challenge! Today’s prompt is Beliefs. Check out the announcement post for all the prompts and rules this month. You can still join the link-up for last week’s topic, Challenges. Beliefs are central to who we are as human beings. For better or for worse, our beliefs guide everything... [Read More]

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Enthusiastic Consent: A How-To Guide

Brita Long — Thu, 18 Jan 2018 21:30:42 +0000

To be honest, I struggled with the title for this blog post on enthusiastic consent. My first inclination was: Consent: A How-To Guide for the Sexual Predators Pretending They Don’t Understand Social Cues But that title was much too long. So then I considered: Consent: A How-To Guide for the Socially Inept But I thought... [Read More]

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White Supremacy in America: a History Lesson for White Christians

Brita Long — Thu, 17 Aug 2017 00:58:33 +0000

Like many of my fellow white Christian Americans, I’ve been horrified the last few days watching the riots in Charlottesville, Virginia. There’s something quite chilling about modern men carrying the Nazi flag. But that doesn’t compare to the act of domestic terrorism. How else would you describe someone intentionally driving a car into a crowd... [Read More]

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