In Defense of the 鈥淲eird鈥�
It's hypocritical for each party to claim to speak on behalf of the forgotten and marginalized while mockingly calling the other side 鈥渨eird.鈥� It鈥檚 also deeply regressive.
Body Politics
Protecting Black Pregnant People鈥檚 Health鈥攁nd Data
Birth workers serving Black pregnant people maintain the holistic methods鈥攁nd data privacy鈥攖hat distinguish doula care from the medical-industrial complex.
How Black Women Can Protect Their Peace This Election Cycle
In the months prior to Vice President Kamala Harris鈥� nomination to the Democratic presidential ticket, I felt a lingering fear in my body about what it would mean for Black
Punjabi Californians Find a Lifeline Through Community Health Workers
Facing a health care system without sufficient translation services and a grueling economic landscape, Punjabi residents in Fresno, California, have created an organization to help meet their community鈥檚 unique needs.
We Don鈥檛 Need Misogynoir to Critique Kamala Harris
Kamala Harris can and should be critiqued for her political r茅sum茅鈥攂ut criticism rooted in misogynoir should have no place in political discourse.
The Complexity of Harris鈥� Historic Candidacy
Women of color want demographic and political representation, just as wealthy white men have had for generations.
What鈥檚 in a Name? For Abortion Providers, Quite a Bit.
Even before abortion became illegal in 14 states, some reproductive health care clinics were rebranding to better reflect the broad spectrum of gender-inclusive care they provide.
Meet the Couples Upending India鈥檚 Caste-Based Marriages
In stark contrast to the billionaire Ambanis鈥� wedding, some Indians are subverting patriarchy, caste, and class in their ceremonies.
Courage By Any Other Name
In times of trouble, cowards choose the easiest path. It is only the courageous鈥攁nd almost always those who are most marginalized鈥攚ho dare to say and do the hard, but right, thing.
AI Can鈥檛 Fix Our Broken Health Care System, But People Can
AI is trained on data from our health care system as it exists, which means the data is contaminated by racial, economic, and regional disparities. But there are solutions.
Women on Deck: Skateboarding鈥檚 Untold Gender-Inclusive History
As skateboarding becomes an Olympic event, 鈥淒rop In鈥� chronicles the women, nonbinary, and queer skaters who have made the sport more equitable.
Druze Women Balance Sexual Health, Pleasure, and Tradition
Sex education is often taboo in close-knit Druze communities, but a new generation is creating its own care networks.
Rejecting Shame to Reclaim the Power of the Period
Advocates are working to overcome patriarchal structures worldwide that deny menstruating people dignity, access, and agency.
How Three Young Women of Color Took on Power
Journalist Sonali Kohli鈥檚 new book centers the life and work of three young women of color who refused to let powerful elites shape their lives and communities.
Murmurations: Queering Abolition
鈥滱toms Never Touch鈥� offers a revolutionary premise: The love between trans women is the key to the new world we imagine.
Pride Is Power: How Queer People Are Defeating Anti-LGBTQ Laws
Faced with unprecedented numbers of anti-LGBTQ bills, queer people are taking to the state houses, courts, and communities to prove that love wins.
Going Back Outside for Pride
We can no longer accept Pride events that only make room for one type of queer person鈥攐r that cater primarily to the corporations more invested in rainbow capitalism than collective liberation.
Colorado Prisons Just Got a Little Safer for Trans Women
A groundbreaking legal agreement mandates that Colorado cover gender-affirming health care for incarcerated trans women, and offers them the option to be housed with other women.
Justice by and for India鈥檚 Women
Long harmed by patriarchal, casteist norms within the legal system, women in India are implementing women-centered forms of grassroots justice.
In Defense of Butch Bodies
There鈥檚 power in a viral clapback. But what of the already-marginalized people whose identities again become a public punchline?
How Disabled Voters Are Accessing Democracy
The vast majority of U.S. polling locations are not fully accessible. Disability justice activists are working to change that.
Reworking Remote
Making workplaces more inclusive requires normalizing accommodations like those offered at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Can Women Win?
It will take concerted action to ensure that women belong in the House.
Access Above All
Disabled people know the health care system is hostile. But it doesn鈥檛 have to be.
Centering Queer (Self) Care in the 2024 Election
Leaning into lineages of resilience and care can be a balm for election-related anxiety for LGBTQ people鈥攁nd everyone.
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