Transforming the Narrative Around Gender Confirmation
By: Nicole McLaren The U.S. has seen an almost 20% rise in gender confirmation surgeries in 2016. There were more than 3,200 transfeminine and transmasculine surgeries last year. This is only one part...
View ArticleYour Biological Sex Could Be Treated as A Pre-Existing Condition
By: Nicole McLaren The American Health Care Act (AHCA) that recently made it through the House and will now be voted on by the Senate treats the female sex as though their anatomy is a burden that...
View ArticleWhy the Term “Plus Sized” is Officially Out of Fashion
By: Jillian James In the fashion industry in the United States, it has been a common practice to call any model that is above a size four “plus sized”. The official dictionary definition of plus sized...
View Article“Healthy Vagina, Happy Life”
By: Cassie Manz Keeping our vaginas healthy and happy is uber important, especially during the summertime when sun, sand, sweat, and water pose certain challenges to our vaginal hygiene. Okay, yes,...
View ArticleThey NEED access to reproductive health services too.
By: Emma Emma Ziulkowski The lack of reproductive health services in developing countries has been a major problem resulting in many deaths. Reproductive health is important for a woman’s mental,...
View ArticleLet’s Keep Each Other STD FREE
By: Emma Ziulkowski STDs (sexually transmitted diseases) and STIs (sexually transmitted infections) are more common than you think. It’s important for you to take proper precautions which are easily...
View ArticleFGM: Female Genital Mutilation
By: Emma Ziulkowski Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a procedure which removes complete or partial external female genitalia and other female organs. FGM is most common in sub-Saharan Africa or Arab...
View ArticleConsent is sexy – and also just necessary.
By: Cassie Manz The topic of sex has become less taboo over the years. In magazines, on television shows, in high school sex ed classes, people are talking about sex and all the things that go with it....
View ArticleRoe vs. Wade Under Attack
By: Katherine Ackermann As of this past December, Ohio has passed a law criminalizing abortions with the purpose of terminating pregnancy early if the fetus has Down Syndrome. This is the latest attack...
View Article5 Subtle Ways to Promote Gender Equality at Work
By: Eliza Wagman Here’s the deal: women in the workplace aren’t going anywhere, and they’re getting fed up with the unfair treatment and sexist environments they have to deal with, still, in 2018. 42%...
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