When I was younger my friends would say they had monsters. Monsters in their closets and under their beds. But my monster was always in my head. It ...
One year after a person’s last period is called post-menopause — the change after “the change.” What I didn’t know, because no one talks about it or tries ...
“You have endometriosis,” my gynaecologist says to me as I wake up from my emergent laparoscopic surgery in 2018. “I removed as much as I could. Here’s a ...
TW: sexual coercion; weight loss; eating issues Toast. An apple. Peanut butter and jelly. Veggie chips. Spaghetti with tomato sauce and broccoli. At the end of the day, ...
I noticed my first bald spot five years ago when I was scrolling through candid photographs that my sister had taken of me while we were on vacation. ...
In early November 2020, my sexual health took a turn. I thought I had a Urinary Tract Infection (UTI), which I went on antibiotics for. Still, a week ...
The day I got my IUD, I felt invincible. Leaving my calculus class early, I excitedly picked up my prescription at the pharmacy. The IUD brand was called ...
CW/TW: Rape, sexual violence “All evidence of the rape has been destroyed,” reads the letter dated three months ago. I feel the world around me shatter. I once ...
