How To Make Sure Your Doctor Takes Your Health Concerns Seriously
From a young age, we’re taught that we can trust doctors to cure our aches and pains. And while we hope that will remain true as we get older, recent […]
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Health, Working Women
7 Ways I’m Managing My Endometriosis at Work
By Natalie Vavricka for Fairygodboss In the fall of 2016, I was a newlywed at the peak of my career. My husband and I purchased our dream apartment, and I […]
Entertainment
FEMINIST FRIDAY: Helpful & Hilarious Comedy Series About How To Talk To Your OBGYN
Welcome to another edition of Feminist Friday – our weekly column where we share our fave videos of the moment, expanding on our definition of intersectional, inclusive feminism. This week […]
Health
Reproductive And Sexual Health: Dissecting The Difference Between These Two Topics
By Nursing@USC Staff In October 2017, the U.S. presidential administration rolled back a critical line item of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that required businesses to include birth […]
Health
Marking Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month With Vital Info To Keep You Informed & Healthy
September is ovarian cancer awareness month and if we’re being completely honest, there has never been a more pressing time to talk about women’s healthcare. If you live in the […]
Feminism
FEMINIST FRIDAY: Planned Parenthood Releases Timely “Stories Of Care” Web Series
There couldn’t be a better time for a web series like this. In light of Donald Trump becoming president, the threat to women accessing the full range of healthcare allowed […]
Health, Interviews
‘The Women Of The Rose’ Author On Why Poverty Shouldn’t Prevent Breast Cancer Treatment
Many of us know someone whose life has been affected by breast cancer. Some of us may have gone through it ourselves. Cancer is the disease that knows no religious, […]
Health
Men’s Voices Dominating Media Coverage Of Reproductive Rights Is A Huge Problem. Here’s Why…
If there was any doubt the war on women’s reproductive rights was real and growing increasingly aggressive, all you have to do is look at the furious rate of laws […]
Body Image
Why Women’s Health Mag’s Decision To Ban ‘Bikini Body’ From Its Pages Is Good For Women
Yep, that’s right, buh-bye one-famed Bikini Body! We won’t miss your taunting images that made every woman feel inadequate as you emblazoned yourself across some of our favorite magazines each […]
Health
Nigeria & The Gambia Banning Female Genital Mutilation Is A Major Win For Women’s Rights
Female Genital Mutilation today is considered an international violation of human rights of girls and women. According to the World Health Organization, “it reflects deep-rooted inequality between the sexes, and […]
Causes
Melinda Gates Says She Would Trade Her Billions To Empower Women Any Day
It’s not often you hear millionaires talk like this, let alone billionaires. Would all those super rich rappers give up the Cristal and expensive cars and clothes in order for […]