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Why We Still Need To Talk About Periods, Period.
I recently attended a feminist art show that included an abstract painting on a stretched canvas made entirely of the artist's period blood. The show featured many works condemning body shaming and pr...
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How Rehabilitating Female Prisoners Can Help Improve the Criminal Justice System
In 1971, President Nixon infamously declared a "War on Drugs." This catalyzed an aggressive spike in incarceration rates, which increased the U.S. prison population by over 500% in just a few decades....
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What Every Young Woman Needs To Know About What It's Like To Be Roofied
It was Friday, October 9th. My best friends and I were out celebrating another friend's birthday. I knew the majority of people at the party (most were friends or at least acquaintances) and I felt sa...
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Cecile Richards Explains What Planned Parenthood Actually Does
In 1973, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that banning abortion is unconstitutional. Yet despite being legalized, a woman's right to choose has possibly never been more threatened in t...
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My Experience Dating Someone with a Mental Illness
When I was 23 years old I dated two men at once. One taught me how I should be treated and the other taught me just the opposite. I regret neither relationship.
I met Noel first and he was everything...
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Why Do We Still Belittle Female Leaders?
If a woman were to take over his role, the Dalai Lama said in September, she "must be attractive, otherwise it is not much use."
The self-proclaimed feminist's comment predictably and justifiably spur...
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What You Need To Know About the Planned Parenthood Controversy
Planned Parenthood is a reproductive health care provider that is "dedicated to offering men, women, and teens high-quality, affordable medical care," according to its website. The organization also “...
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The Surprising Effect of Low Wage Work on Reproductive Rights and Health
Many people think a low-wage worker is a young adult making minimum wage to earn a bit of pocket money or save up for college. While these workers make up some of the low-wage workforce, the vast majo...
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Activists organize for women's rights in Armenia
The Women’s Resource Center of Armenia is leading a small but growing movement, working for domestic violence laws, women’s health, education, and more.
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HelloFlo, Hello Naama: An Interview With HelloFlo Founder, Naama Bloom
You may be familiar with HelloFlo from their viral videos that buck period-related stigmas and feature boisterous young girls celebrating their time of month. But this company is much more than these ...
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Get #Cliterate: Overcoming Socially Constructed Ignorance
Think you know the clitoris? Brooklyn-based artist Sophia Wallace wants you to think again. In fact, she's showing the world just how much they don't know about this powerful organ through her multime...
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The Truth About Women and Mental Illness: Are We Medicating the Condition or the Gender?
As the end of my senior year of high school drew to a close, my life began to change — not because I was starting a new chapter in my life, but because I was beginning a two-year struggle with what I ...
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Are Nigeria's Steps Towards Eliminating FGM Enough?
In her 2014 TED Talk, Khadija Gbla expresses the cultural friction she felt between two very different definitions of what it means to be “empowered.” Gbla recounts her experience growing up in Sierra...
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The Case For Comprehensive, Positive Sex Education
Growing up, I was neither educated nor had positive conversations about sex. It was a taboo topic in my family. My mother especially refused to discuss it (even when I brought it up) and my father com...
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How Teens Are Using Technology To Combat Mental Illness
There are plenty of reasons why far too many of the 1 in 5 teens who have mental health disorders don't receive treatment. The stigma and shame that surround the disorder — especially as it pertains t...
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Breaking Down Gender Stereotypes About Mental Illness
Close your eyes for a second and think about depression. What comes to mind? Chances are, it’s a girl (maybe with her head in her hands). Perhaps she appears as a dark silhouette, curled up in the fet...
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The Problem With 'Strong Is The New Skinny'
The “ideal figure” of a woman has changed a lot over the years. But beauty has undeniably always been determined in relation to patriarchal standards.
During the Italian Renaissance, fuller figures w...
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Few care services available for women, raped and pregnant, escaping ISIS captivity
Last week, Human Rights Watch released a report on the campaign of rape being waged in Iraq by the Islamic State (ISIS) and called for medical and psychological help for the survivors. The organization interviewed 20 women and girls in the Iraqi town of Dohuk who escaped captivity by the militant group, and also spoke to medical workers who are doing their best to help the survivors.
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April 21, 2015 | Sabrina N |
Education,
Feminism,
Gender-based violence,
Health,
Violence against women
The First Convicted Case of American Feticide Proves America Still Treats Women Like Vessels
On March 30th, 33-year-old Purvi Patel was sentenced to 20 years in prison. She is the first woman in the United States convicted of feticide. But there is far more to this case than that fact alone r...
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8 Things You Can Do To Empower Young People This National Youth HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Today is the 3rd National Youth HIV and AIDS Awareness Day — a meaningful day for us as an adolescent health educator and feminist youth worker. But we weren't always as aware or passionate about educ...
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How Weightlifting Helped One College Student Overcome Her Eating Disorder
When Nika Shelby, a student at Union College, started weightlifting it wasn’t to get fit. She was fighting to save her life.
In high school, her friends knew her as a powerhouse. She was the stronges...
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Facts Don't Lie: Teens Need Sex Ed and Access to Contraception
Access to education is a fundamental right. But are all American students learning everything they need to know? The use of abstinence-only education in schools is archaic and absurd, and yet it’s a c...
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Egg Freezing: Is This Silicon Valley Perk Really Empowering?
Last week, it was announced that Silicon Valley tech giants Facebook and Apple are offering coverage of egg freezing as part of female employees’ health benefits. A huge step, news outlets cried, towa...
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October 15, 2014 | Chelsea Carmona |
Health
Changing the Conversation on Women and Addiction
The author considers the legacy of a groundbreaking health care reformer and looks at what still needs to be done to reduce stigma and improve care for women dealing with addiction.
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The cookstove-rape prevention myth and the problem with simple solutions
Indoor air pollution might not be a problem for you and me, but it is a deadly issue for roughly 3 billion people in the world. According to the WHO, household air pollution killed 4.3 million people in 2012. That accounts for nearly 8 percent of global deaths that year.