OPINION, WOMEN'S HEALTH

I Need To Be Thin: A Psychosocial Perspective

Of all the women I’ve known and loved, there is an underlying effort that is, for the most part, unsaid. Among the bravest of us, a few voices on body-image dissatisfaction have started to ring in the air and find their place in the research and literature around the pressure for women to be thin. […]

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HEALTH & WELLNESS, WOMEN'S HEALTH

PMDD: The Acronym That Saved My Life

I was sixteen-years-old when my body decided it was ready to complete its transition into womanhood. My face was slick and shiny with oil, uterus irritatingly contorting but I had a stockpile of pads — I was ready! Or so I thought. There is only so much they taught us during the awkwardness of Sexual […]

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