Broadly Health
Why Memes Express the Feeling of Disassociating Better Than Words Do
Disassociation is an isolating and sometimes indescribable experience in which sufferers feel disconnected from reality, or even from their own identity. For some, memes are the best way to describe that feeling.
These Very Glam Portraits Celebrate the Beauty of Double Chins
For its latest issue, London-based queer zine Polyester wanted to highlight the double chin as part of a message of fat acceptance and body positivity.
How to Share the Burden of Birth Control With Your Partner
If it takes two to get pregnant, shouldn't it take two to prevent it?
Online, I'm the Picture of Health. Offline, I Have a Chronic Illness
I was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 19—but you'd never guess that from scrolling through my Instagram feed.
My Avatar, My Self: How Video Games Gave Me Ownership Over My Body
As a trans kid unable to wear what I wanted, to look how I wanted, to be seen by others as I saw myself, the avatars I designed reflected more of me than any mirror ever could.
'I've Seen Everything': The Doctor Helping Refugee Women Survive Trauma
Dr. Fatema Akter is no ordinary physician. In the refugee camps of Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, she sees up to 80 patients a day—many of whom have suffered horrific persecution.
With Abortion Now Legal in Ireland, What Happens for the North?
As the dust settles from Ireland's momentous decision to legalize abortion, many in Northern Ireland—where it is still criminalized—believe it is their turn to follow suit. But much needs to happen before Northern Irish women achieve reproductive rights.
What Dating Older Men Taught Me About Power and Desire
Twenty-seven-year-old Amy Anderson says her 50-year-old boyfriend makes a better lover because he's more sexually liberated. But not all older boyfriends are created equal, she warns.
Sex After Childbirth Wasn't At All What I Expected
After having two children, Amy Cooper developed a new relationship with sex, but not the one post-pregnancy rumors had led her to fear.
'Creepy' Gynecologist Accused of Sexual Misconduct Was Allowed to Treat USC Students
Despite complaints spanning decades from multiple colleagues, Dr. George Tyndall kept treating young patients—in some cases, commenting on their breasts or photographing their genitalia.
Millions of American Women Live More Than 100 Miles from an Abortion Clinic
According to a new study, 27 cities in the US qualify as "abortion deserts"—ten of which are located in Texas.
What It's Like to Build a Hospital in a Warzone
An engineer in war-torn South Sudan explains what its like to build medical infrastructure in a place so violent that the UN can't send in its own ground workers.