Pleasureless Principle: Who Gets to Decide What Your Anatomy Is Capable Of?
The clinical side of the gender-confirmation surgery process is centered around resolving visual dysphoria.
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Well, Actually: The Thin White Men Who Rebranded Dieting as "Wellness"
We need to talk more about how many food rules targeted at women come from men who will never have our bodies or wrestle with our cultural expectations.
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Abortion Under 45 Hearkens Back to The Jane Era
It no longer seems irrational to believe that we might need to learn from the resourcefulness of prior generations that did not have access to legal abortion.
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Reframing Abortion to Breathe Life into a "Culture of Death"
What if we decided that abortion is beneficial, essential, and sacred—regardless of when life actually begins?
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Popaganda: Watching What You Eat
What does it take to get “well”? When we think about wellness, especially right now, we tend to think of it as everything we do to make our lives and bodies healthy. Rather than defining health through the negation of sickness, wellness advocates press that being “well” is an ongoing process of... Read more »
When It Comes to Reproductive Rights, We Need More Than Science on Our Side
People who don’t support reproductive freedom invoke science too.
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Grief Police: The Men Who Want Ariana Grande to Break Down
Grieving is messy and difficult and unpredictable, but being poked and prodded by paparazzi, reporters, and social-media users adds an unnecessary pressure that can send anyone into a tailspin.
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BitchTapes: World AIDS Day
Every December 1, the world commemorates the lives lost and the progress we’ve made
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Shining Light: Sini Anderson is Fighting for Late-Stage Lyme Patients
We’re too young to be this ill, and there are too many unanswered questions.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Queer Love on “The Bachelor”
Finally, the queer love story we all deserve.
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