- 1. 7 Self-Care Tips from Dolly Parton: How Our Favorite Backwoods Barbie Inspires Us to Bedazzle Our Lives
- (Entertainment)
- She’s been writing and performing musical masterpieces since the ‘60s, starred in some of our favorite flicks, been an outspoken advocate for gender and racial equality, and been equal parts authentic, ...
- Created on 15 December 2022
- 2. "Trans Love is a Celebration": Three Trans 4 Trans Couples Share Their Love Storie
- (Living)
- ... in a T4T relationship, and the recognition of each other’s experiences that are inherent to it. “Gender-affirming surgery, HRT [hormone replacement therapy], the right clothing, makeup, pronouns, strangers ...
- Created on 03 October 2022
- 3. Get To The Other Side Of Loss With These 10 Biographies On Grief and The Human Experience
- (Books)
- ... to bear children, the grotesque fallout of undergoing surgery for a uterine tumor and receiving an unnecessary hysterectomy – her white doctor saw the procedure as a perverse opportunity, an example of ...
- Created on 29 September 2022
- 4. Sharp Stick: Lena Dunham's Dive Into Sex, Lovability, & The Space In Betwee
- (Movies)
- ... intense surgery at the conclusion of puberty seems to have had a profound emotional effect on Sarah Jo. The audience is left to assume that her virginity (in contrast with her mother and sister’s sex-positive ...
- Created on 22 August 2022
- 5. How TikTok Helped Me Learn to Accept My Vulva
- (Sex)
- ... surgery for this one part of me that is “too much.” But isn’t that what it always come down to with our bodies—they are always either too much or not enough? And at the end of the day, going under the ...
- Created on 29 March 2022
- 6. K. Michelle's New Series "My Killer Body With K. Michelle" Explores The Darker Side of Plastic Surge
- (TV)
- Linda Evangelista recently came clean about why she’s been in seclusion for the past five years: bad plastic surgery. The 56-year-old supermodel and actress came forward about a "fat-freezing" treatment ...
- Created on 18 February 2022
- 7. A New Study Finds Gender Bias in The Surgical Field Often Translates to Deadly Outcomes For Female Patients
- (Feminism)
- Unsplash/Jonathan Borba Have you ever gone to see your male physician for an issue, or ailment, and felt your concerns were not taken seriously? You are not alone. JAMA Surgery recently published ...
- Created on 13 January 2022
- 8. In Response to Alarming Facts About Black Women's Maternal Health, Doula's Twitter Thread With Advice for Black Expectant Moms Goes Vir
- (Sex)
- ... in the NICU for weeks as she recovered from major surgery. If multimillionaires like Beyoncé or Serena Williams can face near-fatal experiences throughout labor and delivery, even with access to the best ...
- Created on 17 December 2021
- 9. For The Gworls is a Black-Trans Led Collective That Creates Curated Parties and Events to Fundraise For Black Trans Lives
- (Feminism)
- ... we won't have to [be needed]. People will be able to afford their affirmative surgery; they won't need help because we will have universal health care. And hopefully, one day, we'll get to the point where ...
- Created on 16 November 2021
- 10. What's in a Pronoun? France Muses Over The Idea of Adding Gender-Neutral Words to the French Language, But Many Wonder If That's Even Possible When So Much of The Language is Male or Femal
- (Feminism)
- ... surgery. Although it was a first good step, people still have to go to court to make the change happen. On another level, many feminist and trans activits have been talking for a few years about implementing ...
- Created on 20 October 2021
- 11. Doctors Marian Croak and Patricia Bath Are the First Black Women Inducted into The National Inventors Hall Of Fame, And Yeah, It's About Time
- (Feminism)
- ... pioneering device and technique for cataract removal during surgery. She’s also noted as one of the first researchers to discover glaucoma’s disproportionate effect on Black patients. In fact, Bath is ...
- Created on 30 September 2021
- 12. Amy Schumer Shares Her Battle With Endometriosis, And Has Us Wondering Why The F*ck There Isn't More Research About This Disorde
- (Feminism)
- ... first posted about her struggles with the disease in an Instagram video on September 18, the morning after her surgery. Still in her hospital bed, Schumer addressed her ongoing struggles with the disease ...
- Created on 27 September 2021
- 13. Instagram Is Destroying Teen Girls' Mental Health, and Facebook's Been Real Quiet About I
- (General)
- ... pictures on Instagram increased body dissatisfaction amongst young women and increased their desire for cosmetic surgery. Facebook researchers’ findings were made widely available within the company ...
- Created on 16 September 2021
- 14. The New York State Senate Passed A Bill That Will Make It Easier For Trans People to Change Their Gender On Legal Documents
- (Feminism)
- ... removing the requirement that a medical provider “prove” a trans person’s gender, them reported. A trans person seeking to change their name legally doesn’t need to have gender confirming surgery. (Before, ...
- Created on 10 June 2021
- 15. Kate Winslet Refuses to Hide Her Body in Mare of Easttown
- (TV)
- ... dieting, exercise, plastic surgery, and Photoshop. This is perfectly admirable in its own right, and yet does it drive a narrative that ‘normal’ middle-aged bodies are unsightly, unacceptable even? Are ...
- Created on 03 June 2021
- 16. Texas is Using Private Citizens to Enforce Its New Unprecedented "Heartbeat Bill" That Can Ban Abortions As Early As Six Week
- (Living)
- ... The state is asking to ban abortions after 15 weeks into a pregnancy. Texas’ current abortion laws prohibit the surgery after 20 weeks and abortions by pill after 10 weeks with exceptions for medical ...
- Created on 20 May 2021
- 17. Reclaiming The Lens: 10 Women Filmmakers Spearheading The New Wave in Black Cinema
- (Movies)
- ... of Sara and her boyfriend Bill as they hustle to raise the money for her bottom surgery, saw much success in the film festival circuit. 7. Nosipho Dumisa Dumisa co-founded an independent film production ...
- Created on 22 April 2021
- 18. Women’s Pain Matters: The Implicit Gender Bias in Healthcare
- (Living)
- ... her to the side. Billock was put on a heart monitor and was diagnosed with a form of heart disease. Shortly after, she underwent heart surgery. Another woman named Abby Norman had a similar experience. ...
- Created on 15 April 2021
- 19. The Impossible Task of Keeping Up With The Kardashians' "Perfect" Beauty and Body Standard
- (Living)
- ... the entrance of plastic surgery into the mainstream, many modern beauty ideals reflect levels of perfection that are naturally unattainable. And most of today’s foremost beauty trends, such as bee-stung ...
- Created on 13 April 2021
- 20. This Doctor Is Changing The Way We Talk About Anatomy To Kids With Play-Doh Operation Demonstrations
- (Feminism)
- ... Her most recent mold video, operating a cesarean delivery of a toy spiderman, has sparked controversy, some calling it disturbing, unnecessary, and traumatizing for young children. Cesarean #playdoughsurgery🤰🏻 ...
- Created on 24 November 2020
