If advertising your product has the potential to cause harm, you have the responsibility to try and mitigate that harm. Read more
How Targeted Marketing Harms Those Who’ve Miscarried
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Why Are We Used To Violence But Caught Off Guard By Hurt?
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
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
What A Fake ‘Female Orgasm’ Statistic Says About Gender Bias
For years, experts have been peddling a damaging falsehood about the time it takes for cis women to orgasm. Read more
Depressed And Trying For A Baby
Getting pregnant wasn’t a race against time, it was a race against mind. Read more
Building A Better Breast Pump Should Be Everyone’s Hackathon Challenge
When engineering teams aren’t diverse, only certain people’s problems get solved. Read more
The Problem With ‘Cancer Miracles’
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
My Fight Against An Eating Disorder That Has Nothing To Do With Food
Most people know about bulimia and anorexia. But few know about pica. 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
Why We Need To Talk About Queer And Trans People And Birth Control
When we talk about birth control, we need to remember that cis straight women aren’t the only stakeholders. Read more