health
Less Than Perfect: What I Left off of My College Admissions Applications
For all the warmth and safety I was provided at school, I was never completely honest with anyone about the full extent of the turmoil happening at home.
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Yes We Can: Gushing Over the Ability to Ejaculate
Instead of teaching women about their bodies and embracing female ejaculation, we’ve prescribed corrective surgeries, pharmaceuticals, and Kegel exercises to fix what’s become misunderstood.
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Don’t We Hurt Like You?: Examining the Lack of Portrayals of African American Women and Mental Health
Mental health issues are not a “white-girl thing.”
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No Fluffy Self-Love: Sonalee Rashatwar Is Returning Body Positivity to Its Political Roots
What are we rejecting within us by rejecting fat people?
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Bad Medicine: Big Pharma’s Female Trouble
Pharmaceutical companies want women to worry about their own sexual problems and what pill might treat them.
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PleaseSaveMe: When Crowdfunding Is the Difference between Living and Dying
A petitioner’s viral video, robust social-media presence, or heartbreaking selfie is worth its weight in doctors’ visits.
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6 Fat Writers, Activists and Athletes Who Defy Traditional Femininity
Lots of people needed what I was looking for: people as fierce, fun, and fat-positive as the ones I already loved—just less femme.
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In Good Faith: Christ Was There for Me during My Abortion
When I tell my abortion story, I never forget to mention faith.
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The Art of Dying: Death Doula Marne Lucas Is Changing Our End-Of-Life Aesthetics
End-of-life doulas explain to families what death is going to look and sound like.
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No Scales, No Bones: Demanding Better Representation of Eating Disorders
It is imperative that we continue publishing literature and producing visual media that raises awareness about eating disorders, but it’s long past time for us to get it right.
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