THE DETOX CRAZE finally reached the Deep South this year, and I’m not talking about Louisiana. A company called Embrace Pangea now sells “herbal womb…
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BARBIE SALES have been plummeting for years, likely because of a more prominent national conversation about body image and a progressive shift toward more gender-neutral…
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IN JANUARY, news broke that South African mayor Dudu Mazibuko has implemented the “Maiden’s Bursary Award,” an educational scholarship given to girls who pass a…
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I WAGED AN UNSUCCESSFUL AND COSTLY WAR on my armpit hair for six long years, from the age of 12 until I turned 18. I…
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Scrolling down my Facebook feed recently, I came across a picture of the backside of a woman in cheeky underwear. In the comment section, men…
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Be your own breast friend.
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RECENTLY, a series of “sting videos” was released by the Center for Medical Progress supposedly depicting Planned Parenthood representatives plotting to profit off fetal tissue…
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“BEFORE I HAD A DOUBLE MASTECTOMY, I already was pretty flat-chested. I made so many jokes over the years about how small my chest was that…
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AS I PREPARE to apply for a PhD program and fantasize about a career at a prestigious research institution or blazing campaign trails while getting…
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NOT EVERYONE can say “No.” This post is not about rape culture, the objectification of women, or male entitlement to female bodies. These are important conversations…
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I’ve already argued that bringing the body in line with one’s self-conceived gender identity does not undermine the idea that gender norms are socially constructed as…
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Elinor Burkett, a journalist, filmmaker, and former professor of women’s studies, published a piece in the New York Times last month expressing frustration with the…
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