I saw intentional sobriety as a choice that carried the potential to completely reshape my life. Read more
What I Learned When I Gave Up Booze For A Year
Brain+Body
My ‘Disfiguring’ Condition Is Genetic — Here’s Why I Want A Child Anyway
Despite the difficulties of facial disfigurement, my life has been worth living and my future child’s will be, too. Read more
Why I Wish I’d Been Diagnosed With Autism As A Child
I had not changed. The goal posts had. Read more
Why Do We Doubt And Police Those Seeking Permanent Contraception?
As with any major decision, regret is a possibility, but we should still accept the fact that adults are capable of making their own decisions about their bodies and living with the consequences. Read more
Dreaming New Meanings Into Borderline Personality Disorder
Borderline makes one flinch, cringe, avoid. Still, I love this word, this patchwork quilt of pain and care. I want to hold it, listen to it, and keep it safe. Read more
Cats Are The Unsung Heroes Of Mental Health
“If you have a cat in the room, when there starts to be a fight or the tension starts to rise, it is going to get up and want to leave, or is going to at least pick its head up and signal that it’s getting uncomfortable. It’s really easy to watch the cat’s behavior and say, ‘That’s interesting, what did the cat just do?’… And then you can say, ‘Let’s see if we can have this same conversation and have the cat in the room. Let’s see if we can talk about this in a way that allows the cat to go back to sleep.’” Read more
The Way We Talk About Poop Matters More Than You Think
Without language that normalizes discussion of poop, people with digestive and bowel disorders suffer. Read more
Institutions Don’t Help The Mentally Ill
There is no fundamental problem with hospitals and institutions, but instead a complicated and interrelated web of failings. Read more
Yes, Trans Women Can Get Period Symptoms
Why isn’t the medical community looking into this phenomenon? Read more
People Have Been Saying Weird Shit About Women’s Bodies For Centuries
From menstruation superpowers to cancer caused by semen, behold, a long history of messed-up ideas about women’s bodies. Read more