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Posted on May 13, 2018 October 9, 2018

How Targeted Marketing Harms Those Who’ve Miscarried

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advertising, brain-body, facebook, google, social media

If advertising your product has the potential to cause harm, you have the responsibility to try and mitigate that harm. Read more

Posted on April 23, 2018 October 9, 2018

Why Are We Used To Violence But Caught Off Guard By Hurt?

Sarah Bronson
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brain-body, guns, Mental Health, violence

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

Posted on April 18, 2018 October 9, 2018

Bargaining With My Birth Control

Madelyn Brown
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Birth Control, brain-body, feminism, Reproductive Rights, women

Many doctors are denying birth control to those who won’t take cervical screenings — even though it’s not medically necessary. Read more

Posted on April 12, 2018 December 10, 2018

What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
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brain-body, gender, orgasm, research, sex

For years, experts have been peddling a damaging falsehood about the time it takes for cis women to orgasm. Read more

Posted on April 12, 2018 October 9, 2018

Depressed And Trying For A Baby

Amanda Rosenberg
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bipolar-disorder, brain-body, Depression, Mental Health, pregnancy

Getting pregnant wasn’t a race against time, it was a race against mind. Read more

Posted on April 4, 2018 October 9, 2018

Building A Better Breast Pump Should Be Everyone’s Hackathon Challenge

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brain-body, Breastfeeding, hackathons, Parenting, tech

When engineering teams aren’t diverse, only certain people’s problems get solved. Read more

Posted on April 2, 2018 October 9, 2018

The Problem With ‘Cancer Miracles’

Sascha Cohen
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brain-body, Cancer, disease, emotional-labor, optimism

Although cancer patients already have enough on our plate, we are tasked with the labor of managing other people’s emotions about our disease. Read more

Posted on December 15, 2017 October 9, 2018

My Fight Against An Eating Disorder That Has Nothing To Do With Food

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Sidney Drmay
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brain-body, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, pica

Most people know about bulimia and anorexia. But few know about pica. Read more

Posted on December 6, 2017 September 19, 2018

Taking Down Medicine’s Monuments

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brain-body, eugenics, Health, history, Medicine

Much of modern medicine was built on racism and eugenics, and these dangerous racial disparities still plague the profession. Read more

Posted on December 2, 2017 October 9, 2018

Why We Need To Talk About Queer And Trans People And Birth Control

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Birth Control, brain-body, queer, Reproductive Rights, Transgender

When we talk about birth control, we need to remember that cis straight women aren’t the only stakeholders. Read more

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