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The Complexities of Cure Culture : An Interview with Eli Clare on Cure, Diagnosis, and a Crip Writing Practice
I want us to turn our backs on normal. I want us to build and practice a body politics that is as complicated and contradictory as our body-minds. Otherwise we will never find liberation.
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Disability is Not a Deficit and Other Truths in an Ableist World: A Review of Brilliant Imperfection: Grappling with Cure
What would our lives, movements, and communities look like if we moved towards restoration, not cure?
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: The XO Flo
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly NSFW comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week: a review of the XO Flo menstrual cup.
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Conquering Fear and Loathing in Trump’s America
Every day seems to bring a new blow to democracy or another threat to people like me.
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Pain Woman Takes Your Keys : Sonya Huber's New Essay Collection is a Multifaceted Look at Life with Chronic Pain
Huber uses pain as a lens through which she examines disability, gender bias, motherhood, and the very basic condition of living in a body.
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Musicians <3 Planned Parenthood
New attacks on women’s health have spurred musicians to support Planned Parenthood in some pretty inventive ways.
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Oh Joy Sex Toy: Get Tested!
Oh Joy Sex Toy is a weekly comics series that graphically explores sex and sexuality. This week: getting regularly tested is part of being a considerate, responsible sexual partner.
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"I Want to Be Seen": Ericka Hart Is Changing the Image of Breast Cancer
Black women are often left out of the conversation around breast cancer. Through her work and portraits, Ericka Hart is determined to share her story and break down stigma.
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Access Denied: the Impact of Child Marriages on Healthcare for Young Girls in India
There’s no denying that easy access to more clinics and healthcare services with well-trained doctors will help adolescents take care of their bodies without conforming to norms set out by men.
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Tuning In : How a New Generation is Schooling Itself on Sexuality
In a society where the quality of sex education in schools is hodgepodge at best and shifts depending on political whims, YouTube is a dynamic, democratic space for discussions of gender and sexuality.
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