HEALTH & LIFESTYLE

HOW DO WE BEGIN TO VIEW DISABILITY AND SELF CARE? HOW DO WE BEGIN TO VIEW DISABILITY AND SEXUAL WELL-BEING? HOW DO DISABLED TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS FIND THEIR WAY IN A WORLD WHICH ONLY CATERS SELF CARE AND SEX EDUCATION TO ABLE BODIED PEOPLE?

By Anusha Misra

DANCING WITH THE DEVIL SHOWS THAT DEMI LOVATO IS NOT A BRAINLESS, LITTLE POP STAR WE MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT HER TO BE IN THE PAST. SHE HAS GONE THROUGH MANY PAINS TO GET TO WHERE SHE IS, BUT SHE IS NOT STOPPING HER JOURNEY ANY TIME SOON.

By Lacey Christensen

RAISING BOYS IS DIFFERENT YET SIMILARLY COMPLEX. RAISING SMALL KIDS IS HARD, REGARDLESS OF GENDER. HOWEVER, PARENTS CAN BECOME DISTRACTED WITH THE ADDED BURDEN OF RAISING... A BOY!

By Sabrina Mei-Li Smith

WHEN YOU SEE YOURSELF AS AN INTERSECTIONAL FEMINIST, BEING A MOTHER TO BOYS IS A PARTICULAR CHALLENGE. MOST OF MY ‘MUM FRIENDS’ ARE MOTHERS OF GIRLS, AND THE BLUEPRINT SEEMS STRAIGHTFORWARD: RAISE EMPOWERED, OUTSPOKEN, WITTY, AND CLEVER FEMALES WHILE ELEVATING THEIR SELF-ESTEEM AND OVERTHROW THE PATRIARCHY. RAISING BOYS IS DIFFERENT YET SIMILARLY COMPLEX.

By Sabrina Mei-Li Smith

THERE IS QUITE A BIT OF MERIT TO THE USE OF TAROT CARDS AND OTHER "SPIRITUAL" PRACTICES IN VARIOUS FORMS OF THERAPY. INTEREST IN THE OCCULT HAS BEEN ON THE RISE OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS AND HAS CONTRIBUTED TO A NUMBER OF CULTURAL SHIFTS, INCLUDING HOW MANY OF US APPROACH NOT ONLY SELF-CARE, BUT MENTAL HEALTHCARE AS WELL.

By Jax Cassidy

CREATIVE WRITING CAN BE A NEW WAY TO APPROACH HEALTH AND WELLBEING. IT'S A PERSONALIZED, INDIVIDUALISTIC, AND THERAPEUTIC WAY TO FEEL GOOD, GET CREATIVE, AND ADDRESS PERSONAL ISSUES. HERE ARE EIGHT WAYS TO GET YOU WRITING CREATIVELY AND ENJOYING THE BENEFITS OF EXERCISES TO TRY AT HOME. 

By Sabrina Mei-Li Smith

IN INDIA, WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES HAVE EXPERIENCED MULTILAYERED MARGINALIZATION FROM MAINSTREAM SOCIETY. IN FACT, DIALOGUE REGARDING SEXUALITY IN GENERAL IN INDIA HAS REMAINED BOTH CONTESTED AND DISREGARDED. BUT WHILE TALK AROUND SEXUALITY OF WOMEN IS SIMPLY CURBED AND SILENCED, THE EXPLORATION OF THE SEXUALITY OF WOMEN WITH DISABILITIES IS NEARLY NON-EXISTENT

By Anusha Misra

BE THINNER. BE CUTER. BE STRONGER. NOT THAT STRONG. BE SEXIER. POUTIER LIPS. ROUNDER BUTT. MORE CURVES. LESS CURVES. SMILE MORE. NOT LIKE THAT. IN OUR NEED TO SURVIVE THIS LIFE, OUR INNER CHILD HAS BEEN WOUNDED. THEY'VE BECOME REACTIONARY. THEY'VE LOST THAT SPARK.

By Cassandra Kalley

SINCE I WAS 17, MY PERIODS HAVE BEEN A CAUSE OF PAIN, EMBARRASSMENT AND ANXIETY. FROM THE FIRST TIME A MAN ENTERED MY BODY IT HAS BEEN TROUBLE, WAKING UP IN POOLS OF BLOOD AND SCREAMING INTO A PILLOW FROM PAIN THAT I NEVER ASKED FOR, TO ENSURE A FUTURE CHILD I'M NOT SURE I WANT.

By April Shepherd

MY BODY MY CHOICE, THE CONVERSATION THAT SHOULD HAVE HAPPENED.

By Cassandra Kalley

WHEN I FOUND OUT MY BOYFRIEND CHEATED ON ME, I WAS DEVASTATED. I FOUND SOLACE IN HEARING MY FRIENDS TELL ME THE WORST THINGS THEY'D EVER DONE.

By Katie Young

WHAT IS THE IMPLICATION OF "BITCH WORK"? IS IT HARD WORK? DIRTY WORK? WORK THAT WOMEN SHOULD HAVE TO DO?

By Karl Uh

BRETT KAVANAUGH AND MY NERVOUS BREAKDOWN

By Courtney Martin

MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS IN GERMANY- PERFORMATIVE AT BEST

CATS WERE ONCE WORSHIPED AS GODS. NOW, THEY ARE HISTORICALLY THE GREATEST FEMINIST SIDEKICKS. NO WONDER SO MANY BADASS QUEENS LIKE EARTHA KITT, DOLLY PARTON, AND FREDDY MERCURY WERE DEVOTED CAT LOVERS.

By Amanda Mansoorbakht

SUICIDE PREVENTION, MENTAL HEALTH DURING COVID

 By Baily Schneider

CLEAN UP ON AISLE MISOGYNY

By S.I.Reyes

FAT AND UGLY

By Courtney Martin