We’ve gotten used to violence as background hum, yet we are unprepared to recognize and live alongside people who have been hurt. Read more
Why Are We Used To Violence But Caught Off Guard By Hurt?
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Bargaining With My Birth Control
Many doctors are denying birth control to those who won’t take cervical screenings — even though it’s not medically necessary. Read more
Would You Rather Talk About Money Or Sex?
“Something softens meSoftens my desireSomething helps me breatheSomething spills out my pores as lightSomethingIs like hope blanketing meSomething bleeds as me…”– excerpt from ‘So the Second Thing I Bought Was a Mirror’ by Aisha Sasha John I come from a culture where talking about most things are taboo. (Insert trope about conservative Asians here.) So when I first Read more
My Feminism Couldn’t Save Me From Loving A Violent Man
I found myself in the position I never expected to be in, echoing the words of countless women undone by the violence of the men in their lives: ‘But I still love him.’ Read more
Depressed And Trying For A Baby
Getting pregnant wasn’t a race against time, it was a race against mind. Read more
What #MeToo Looks Like When You’re In Recovery
A woman’s treatment for addiction shouldn’t require her silence about sexual abuse. Read more
How ‘Fresh Off the Boat’ Upends The Asian BFF Trope
Jessica Huang’s friendship with a white neighbor centers the Asian-American experience in a way I’d never seen before on TV. Read more
Women: Watch Out For This Ominous Sign At Your Dinner Date
In the age of #MeToo, what does it mean if he insists on ordering for you? Read more
Come As You Are
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What Happens When Four Anti-iPhone, Salty-Ass Texan Women Argue About Cats
In my family, the presence of Siri has fundamentally, and forever, changed us. Read more