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Law schools are failing to prepare the next generation of leaders in reproductive rights and justice
As of 2019, less than one-third of law schools offered classes on these topics
Nina Henry
January 24, 2022
January 24, 2022
Perspective
What does it mean to come together as Asian American women? This group has been seeking an answer.
The Cosmos was formed in 2017, and its future hangs in the balance
Sarah Belle Lin
January 24, 2022
January 24, 2022
Perspective
When my plants wither, it feels like a reflection of my own setbacks
Taking care of myself and my plants can be an uphill battle
Bianca Xunise
January 23, 2022
January 23, 2022
Perspective
When I left home for college, I lost touch with my Japanese heritage. As an adult, I’m reclaiming it.
After years of feeling like a minority within a minority, I realized I didn’t want to live my life detached from my culture
Mica Soellner
January 20, 2022
January 20, 2022
Perspective
As disabled women, our lives have always been erased. But in a pandemic, they’re urgently at stake.
Recent CDC comments about omicron were a reminder of the regular erasure, oppression and disrespect we experience
Mary Fashik and
Corie Walsh
January 19, 2022
January 19, 2022
Perspective
What an interventional radiologist does in a workday
A kyphoplasty, a working lunch and a thankful patient
Aparna Baheti
January 18, 2022
January 18, 2022
Perspective
Postpartum depression crushed me after my second baby. How would I prepare for a third?
I’d always wanted three kids. But if the darkness returned, would I be able to survive it?
Lauren Chval
January 17, 2022
January 17, 2022
Perspective
Kate not Katie: Why I dropped the ‘i’ in my name
As I got older, my name started to feel like a too-small sweater
Kate Wheeler
January 16, 2022
January 16, 2022
Perspective
Your eating disorder could be a sign of neurodivergence. It was for me.
Research has shown high rates of overlap between ADHD or autism and various eating disorders in girls and women
Lauren Rowello
January 13, 2022
January 13, 2022
Perspective
Ask Dr. Andrea: I always say I want to make big life changes. How can I follow through?
Every new year, I say I’ll change. I wonder if I’m fooling myself.
Andrea Bonior
January 13, 2022
January 13, 2022
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