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The Strange Hopefulness of Growing a Human While the World Burns
2+ hour, 41+ min ago (817+ words) This story was originally published by The Conversationalist, an independent nonprofit and global feminist publication. I've been promising, and failing, since before the 2024 U.S. election to write about the world on fire, and the arsonists fanning the flames. The essay I'd…...
Who’s American? Whose America? Bad Bunny’s Radical Halftime Message
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (623+ words) Not surprisingly, their gyrating bodies'taking up more space than is ever allowed for national televised spectacles in these United States'have already prompted some pearl-clutching debates over "decency." Through the veneer of joy, community and the bold statement that "more powerful…...
A Letter to My Future Self in a Time of Undoing
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (767+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...
A Letter to My Future Self: Menopause, Joy and Black Queer Becoming
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (440+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...
Letters to My Future Self: Choosing Yourself Is the Turning Point
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (588+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...
Midwifery Is for Menopause, Too
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (707+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...
‘We Will Not Disappear With Age’: An Incarcerated Journalist on Menopause Behind Bars
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (462+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...
Queering Menopause: A Conversation on Story, Power and Policy
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (1108+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...
Iranti Ẹ̀jẹ̀ and Menopausal Mapping: How Black Womanist Cartographies Make People Into Place
3+ day, 23+ hour ago (555+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...
The Incomplete Story of Menopause: Where Medical Racism, Patriarchy and White Empiricism Intersect
4+ day, 7+ hour ago (370+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...