Dr. Allison Cowett, medical director at Family Planning Associates, discusses how Illinois clinics are becoming overburdened ...

The first hot flash caught me off guard, but we all know those will come eventually. The flashes of rage were alarming, but there was precedent in decades of PMS. What blindsided me were the Super ...

These spaces aren’t just about connection – they’re arenas of advocacy, empowerment, and solidarity, representing a new kind of social value. A quiet revolution is unfolding for disabled women on ...

“When the world takes one glance at you and reminds you of everything you aren’t, you need to rely on constant reinforcement at home to remind you of everything you are.” Movies are enjoyed as a form ...

Thriving in college is hard. The US News and World Report reports that only 62% of American college students graduate from a university within six years’ time. The reasons range from academic to ...

This inaugural fellowship has been created to train women with disabilities as professional journalists so that they may write, research and report on the most crucial issues impacting the ...

The first time LaOneda Carpenter spoke about her 12-year-old daughter’s death by suicide was at a Mother’s Day luncheon at a church in May 2017. Immediately, afterward, an older lady approached her ...

The responsibility falls on too many health care providers who gaslight patients by convincing them that their symptoms are not severe. Each year over 9.1 million Americans utilize mental health ...

According to the United States Department of Labor (DOL), 22.7% of People with Disabilities (PWDs) are employed, compared to 65.6% of non-disabled people. As a result, PWDs are 2X more likely than non ...

In her recent address before the United Nations Security Council, the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten delivered a searing account of the devastating and shocking ...

The opening of Sean Baker’s 2024 indie film, Anora, takes you into the back rooms of a strip club called “Headquarters,” peppered with men sprawled in leather seats as young naked women gyrate on ...

Women in this facility endure dehumanizing procedures that contradict every value espoused in the Governor’s river of hope-filled sentiments. It is the height of irony. In the same month officially ...