Dying Indifference: Confronting the Shame of Alzheimer’s in Black Communities
Until a cure is found for Alzheimer’s, African Americans must break the silence in our communities.
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On Our Radar—Feminist News Roundup: Research Proves Weight Loss is a Myth
Everything we know about weight loss is wrong — and it’s killing us.
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Uninformed and Uncompensated: Between 23andMe and Ancestry, Who Owns Our Genetic Data?
With the increasing popularity of genetic home-test kits, our DNA might soon be at the disposal of scientists without our knowledge, with semi-dubious consent, and without any credit or compensation.
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Of Mice and Men: When Research Excludes Female Rodents, Human Women Lose
The scientific implications of excluding female animals from scientific and biomedical research are astounding.
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Creative Friction: For Francesca Lia Block, Writing is Healing
Francesca Lia Block’s new book The Thorn Necklace: Healing Through Writing and The Creative Process, weaves memoir with lessons on the craft of writing to create a unique and visceral guide to creativity.
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Checkbox Colonization: The Erasure of Indigenous People In Chronic Illness
I am choosing to fight.
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Abby Norman on Endometriosis, Healthcare, and the Legacy of Female “Hysteria”
We want there to be these tidy endings, but that isn’t the reality of living with a chronic illness.
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The Endo Look: Body Positivity Needs to Tackle Chronic Illness
Like relationships we have with other people, the relationship we have with our bodies is not as polarized as all love or all hate.
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Our Bodies, Our Hells: Why Isn’t Pain a Feminist Issue?
Just about everyone has a Tired Girl in their family, even if they don’t yet know it.
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No Rest for the (Already) Tired: Feminism Must Center Chronically Ill Women
To outsiders, and sometimes to fellow feminists, we’re simply invisible.
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