Tiernan Hebron

Tiernan is a writer, blogger, and activist based out of Los Angeles. She writes for several feminist publications and has done extensive activist work for the Free the Nipple Campaign and other gender equality organizations. She is also starting a social justice blog where she chronicles her work as an activist and informs others on how they can get involved.

TIES THAT BIND

I AM NOT NOT MY ILLNESS

I have never felt more like myself and less like myself than when I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Everything managed to somehow become…

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THE CHOICE TO FREE BLEED

I will be the first to admit how much I hate periods. As a teenager I didn’t think I could hate them more after…

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ALLOWING ONESELF TO BE SAD

Being sad. It should be simple. When something upsetting happens, we get upset. That’s the gist of it. Yet the emotion of sadness has…

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CONSCIOUSNESS OF LANGUAGE

I have always been very conscious of language, especially ‘bad’ language. As a child and as a teenager, whenever someone would say a bad…

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BEING KIND TO YOURSELF

I have received a lot of advice over the years. I am grateful enough to have many people in my life that care about…