Women have been scared and shamed for far too long. Read more
On The Fear Of Pregnancy Loss During The First Trimester
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Why Would Anyone Ever Want To Be A Wife?
To become a wife is to become complicit. Read more
Why I’ve Turned To Kink, Therapy, And Gaming To Heal From Trauma
For veterans, watching 15 minutes of a combat movie created an amount of analgesia that was equivalent to an injection of 8 milligrams of morphine. Read more
When I Get Back To My Body
Unlike my initial airy-fairy mirror split, this episode didn’t feel like a mystical revelation. Read more
4 Ways To Get Trans People Out Of Poverty Now
Trans people are at increased risk for unemployment and homelessness, with trans women of color bearing the brunt of this oppression. Read more
The Incredible Evolution Of Periods
The uterus can break down and regenerate hundreds of times in a lifetime — all without ever leaving a scar. Read more
The Maternal Instinct Is A Myth And We’ve Got The Science To Prove It
‘Maternal instinct’ pathologizes women who don’t want to have children. But that ‘maternal drive’ is often cultivated through pregnancy itself. Read more
‘Let The Soul Dangle’: How Mind-Wandering Spurs Creativity
Can art itself be a useful catalyst for nudging us towards more helpful emotions and mental states? Read more
‘Health’ Publications Quietly Kill People Over The Holidays
Tips that rely on body-shaming and food demonization are dangerous — and rampant during the holiday season. Content warning: descriptions of disordered eating behaviors and publications using problematic language surrounding eating disorders It’s the holiday season, and I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty into it this year. Maybe after the abject horror of over 1 year and Read more
Taking Down Medicine’s Monuments
Much of modern medicine was built on racism and eugenics, and these dangerous racial disparities still plague the profession. Read more