When a black woman walks into a medical institution, her trauma shows up at the door with her. Beyond childbirth, sexual trauma greatly impacts the lives of black women who desire any kind of reproductive health care.
“These policies affect every inch of our production process,” says a teen who edits a school paper in Florida and worries about girls developing a self-censorship habit. A legal advocacy group is working to arm girls with the tools they need to fight back.
This is a serious blow, particularly when you remember that the presence of women isn't a problem for every Saudi municipal council; the government's decision to segregate endorsed the position of extreme men.
Using someone's preferred pronoun is more than just a fad to teen writer Caroline Kubzansky, it's a form of inclusivity and she applauds the American Dialect Society's recent vote on the matter.
Being essentially forced to give birth to children prenatally exposed to dangerous lead poisoning can be considered systemic reproductive coercion, and with this, the crimes against Flint families increase.
She was elected to the U.S. Senate 16 years before Barack Obama, who credits her with showing him the way, writes Jeannie Morris in this excerpt from her new book, “Behind the Smile.”
“As a queer teen, you have to worry about so much more,” says one girl. With these concerns not being covered by school health programs, LGBTQ+ teens are turning elsewhere for advice. For many, that's not the healthiest thing to do.
As soon as I saw the hair-raising findings about the harassment of senior women in technology my mind swung to another recent study of 56 schools and the insight it provides on changing cultures of conflict.