The World Health Organization views health care as a fundamental human right. If this is true, why can rural hospitals not keep their doors open? Between 2010-2022 more than 130 hospitals had to close due to a lack of funding and limited healthcare professionals. There are many causes of this, including the COVID-19 pandemic and […]
Read More rural areas need hospitals tooSome days I wake up feeling happy, ready to take on the day, productive, and enthusiastic to get shit done. On other days I wake up feeling sluggish, tired, emotional, unmotivated, and getting out of bed to tackle my many responsibilities feels like an impossible task. I sometimes think to myself, “what is wrong with […]
Read More Why the Work Week Isn’t Working for WomenLike many other women, when I had my IUD inserted, I was not prepared for the extreme pain I was about to endure. The feeling was far more than the “slight pinch” my doctor claimed I would experience and was instead a blinding pain that encouraged a skew of curse words and tears. As more […]
Read More The Truth about IUdsI remember when I was sixteen trying to put a tampon in for the first time the summer after I got my period. It just could not go up there for the life of me. I was getting worked up and on the verge of tears as my mom said we were leaving in a […]
Read More LIVING WITH VAGINISMUSThis post was edited on March 21, 2023 by theartfemale TW: Blog talks about violence, child abuse, and mental illness. Recently you might have heard of a case where a mother was accused of strangling her three children and attempted to take her own life on January 24,2023. Her name is Lindsay Clancy. It is […]
Read More postpartum PsychosisDuring my free time, or when I need time to kill, I hop on the app TikTok like most people with social media. TikTok provides quick entertainment at your fingertips and even creates an algorithm in which videos one enjoys come on their page quite conveniently. While this app is designed for comedic entertainment, I […]
Read More Women VS U.S. HealthcareYes, birth control has the amazing ability to prevent contraception, but in the recent wave of the government overturning Roe v Wade and moving the discussion to birth control, do male politicians understand that birth control has the ability to combat other women’s health issues. I personally know this as I suffer from endometriosis, a […]
Read More Dear male politicians, birth control saves lives.It’s time for an update! The last time I heard about vaginal care was in a middle school classroom and consisted of awkwardly seeing a pad for the first time. If you’re like me, sex-ed left me confused, scared, and quite honestly kind-of grossed out. You would think that sex-ed would better prepare us for […]
Read More Down-There CareI deeply appreciate you, Ella, for your bravery and for sharing your story.
Read More The devil inside me: endometriosisJust Say Me! Or So You Would Think, Just Say Me, a statement that can have so many connotations. I first heard this statement in a ABC Family hit show “The Secret Life of an American Teenager” The statement was meant to invoke power into a women’s right of choosing the needs of herself over a […]
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