This Minister Says Short Skirts Make Bad Mothers

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Why I Left Midwifery

And what it says about how we devalue women’s health

Afghanistan’s Health Crisis: Yet Again, The Cost of Being a Woman

Five years after the Taliban banned girls from school, Afghanistan is running out of doctors

Fourth Wave Wins A Prize!

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Why Do White People Think They Deserve Endless Credit for One Inadequate Good Deed?

This is a tell that they’re suffering from white supremacy indoctrination

This Man Drugged 248 Women To Watch Them Pee

And he’s still walking free…

Women Across The World Are Seeing Themselves In Lindsay Clancy

What does that tell us about decades of neglect in women’s mental healthcare?

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My Four Favorite Stories Aug. 8–15

On bodies, borders, and the men who decide who gets to be trusted

Period Leave Isn’t a Privilege

It’s about empathy in the workplace

They Doxxed a 15-year-old for Insulting the PM

The gendered backlash to the women at the student protests in India

The World Is Burning And Here Is What We Can Actually Do About It

Climate change is no longer a distant warning, we need to act now

My Four Favorite Stories, July 19 — July 25

Protection, punishment, and who gets to decide what a woman’s body or choices mean

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