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Posted on April 15, 2019 April 14, 2019

My Friends Would Rather Have Their Guts Cut Open Than Be Like Me

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Written by
Meg Elison
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Brain+Body
Tagged
Body Image, fat-shaming, surgery, Weight Loss

Living a life like mine is so intolerable, some undergo serious surgery. Read more

Posted on January 17, 2019 January 17, 2019

The Insidious Reasons Doctors Are Botching Labiaplasties

Suzannah Weiss
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Suzannah Weiss
Posted in
Brain+Body
Tagged
doctors, Pleasure, Sexism, surgery, vulva

Many doctors performing labiaplasties were never taught vulvar anatomy—leaving some patients scarred and unable to feel sexual pleasure. Read more

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