female healthcare

Women have long reported doctors not taking them seriously, and recent research indicates physicians do treat female pain more dismissively than they do men's. Maybe the phenomenon occurs in part due to the way women's bodily autonomy has…

As women, there is nothing more important than our health and the health of our kids. When it comes to illnesses and complications, though, there are some aspects that we cannot control. Thankfully, there are many others that we can avoid…

Dear Menstruators, If you have been following previous installments of this column you will have noticed me banging on about the wonders of reusable menstrual products every chance I get. Since I made the switch to the menstrual cup six…

A little while back, I inquired about what it would take to have a tubal ligation. The reasons why are immaterial — what struck me was the downright antediluvian responses many physicians give women requesting the procedure. I soon became…

Dear Menstruators, In the course of just one short month we have had the launch of a period emoji and a documentary all about periods, Period. End of Sentence, won an Oscar. One can only conclude that periods are finally going…

Dear Menstruators, You may have noticed a couple of weeks back a certain trend on Twitter going under the #PeriodEmoji hashtag. The hashtag announced the launch of the brand new and much anticipated Period Emoji for those times when we…

Recently I decided to write a blog post about periods, in which I shared my personal experience with period shame and sanitary products, especially the menstrual cup. Twelve year old me would be super embarrassed to know that my first…