There is no fundamental problem with hospitals and institutions, but instead a complicated and interrelated web of failings. Read more
Institutions Don’t Help The Mentally Ill
Dear America, Our Boys Are Hurting
It is not easy to raise a young man in America’s culture of masculine dominance. Read more
The Brown, Queer, And Poor Are Not The Ones Holding The Left Back
What we are seeing is what we’ve always seen: privileged white liberals and ‘progressives’ demanding that those of us on the bottom sacrifice ourselves on the altar of the greater good. Read more
Yes, Trans Women Can Get Period Symptoms
Why isn’t the medical community looking into this phenomenon? Read more
Criminalizing Homelessness Is A Public Health Crisis
By Stacey Mckenna Susan was found in a city park one chilly October morning, her beloved cattle dog guarding her body. Her death was unexpected. Everybody thought she’d been doing so well. In my office, my phone began buzzing with texts from long-term research participants and mutual friends wondering whether I’d heard the news. I curled Read more
F*ck It’s That Time Of Month: The Menstruation Blues
When life gives you lemonade you turn it into . . . chum? #MENSTRUATIONMATTERS Read more
The Jewish Laws On Sex Have Strengthened My Marriage
The Torah offers yet another version of improbable partnering with The One, but when you dive deeper, much of its advice is predicated on work. And strict laws. Which I realize seem antithetical to passion, but I’m here to tell you it’s quite the opposite. Read more
New Book Gives Rebel Girls The Bedtime Tales They Deserve
“I simply shared the many sexist situations in which I had found myself, and how you’re supposed to not complain about them if you want to be considered successful. Soon after the article was published, I received a death threat via Twitter. Then many other abusive comments came through the comment section of the article itself. I decided that my next project would be something designed to empower young women. We’re troublemakers!” Read more
Moan, Groan, And Masturbate: 10 Facts About Women’s Porn Habits
By Anna Pulley Nothing perplexes people quite like the combined topics of women and pornography. Do ladies love porn or hate it? Do they hate it but still watch it? What kind of woman gets into porn? What kind of woman gets off to it? Can Fifty Shades of Grey be blamed? Or Sasha Grey? Porn Read more
How to Make Yourself Look Like The Rage-Face Emoji
Welcome to Make Your Face, a makeup tutorial series with a simple mission: makeup by you (me) for your (my) own entertainment, Establishment-style. I’m a pretty sunny person. I don’t get mad often. When I was younger I stayed angry all the time, simmering away beneath whatever was happening on my face, and I think Read more