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The Intimate Act of Performing Pain
There’s an acute and near-indescribable vulnerability that comes with admitting to being in pain in real time.
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Cleaned Up: “Strung Out” Complicates the Conversation about Women and Opioid Addiction
We can only help people if they’re alive; the only bottom you can’t recover from is death.
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The Food-Related Racism Surrounding Coronavirus Has Political Consequences
Even if they come in the form of a seemingly harmless joke or meme about Chinese food, denouncing these racist narratives is imperative.
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Cold Comfort: “The Goop Lab” Proves Capitalist Takes on Self-Care Aren’t Going Anywhere
“We’re here one time, one life, like, how can we really like milk the shit out of this?”
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Patriarchy Proof: Thinx and the Perils of Emphasizing Female Founders
Is it actually good that we inherently trust, and buy from, “female founded” brands?
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My Vagina Forced Me to Give up Nonmonogamy
I loved having multiple loves, but I hated being at the mercy of a stubborn vagina.
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Popaganda: The Feminist Guide to Escaping Diet Culture
Popaganda’s GLAMOUR season makes its debut this week—with an anti-weight-loss infomercial for the ages.
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Memorializing Survival: Piercing the Chronic Pain Away
Our tolerance for pain allows us to turn life’s horrors into something beautiful.
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STI Stigma in Progress: How Jameela Jamil Failed Feminists with HPV
The “feminist-in-progress we all need” is no stranger to criticism.
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Blue Humor: “That’s Mental” Is a Hilarious Meditation on Life with—and Stigma against—Bipolar Disorder
Comedian Amanda Rosenberg is doing something extremely important: disrupting the stigma that keeps so many people silent about their pain.
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