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Reproductive Justice is a Mental Health Imperative

WEBMar 11 Reproductive Justice is a Mental Health Imperative. Lindsay Gray. 2021, Features. In the Spring of 2012, Bei Bei Shuai was released from jailover a year after the State of …

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Decades after forced sterilization, Native American women in the …

WEBUnfortunately, the history of forced sterilizations in the US extends far beyond Native women. In 1973, African American sisters Minnie and Mary Relf, 12 and …

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Medicine, Myths, and Mystification: On Elinor Cleghorn’s Unwell …

WEBIt would take a man’s pleasure to fix this unwell woman. Shocking—and true—stories like these pervade medical historian Elinor Cleghorn’s non-fiction debut, …

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Augmenting the Maternal Breast — Lady Science

WEBDec 16 Augmenting the Maternal Breast. Laura Earls. 2021, Features. The public health maxim "breast is best," touted by organizations such as UNICEF and the World Health …

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Making Up for Lost Time: Biomedical Research and Female …

WEBBiomedical research has historically excluded female subjects because of flawed ideas about hormonal variability, which has had drastic consequences for …

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The Bioethics of Surgery and the Moral Panic Against Fatness

WEBTW: fatphobia and transphobia. In 2002, the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) supported President George W. Bush’s …

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Climatebirth — Lady Science

WEBUnfortunately, warmer temperatures aren’t the only health risk brought on by climate change. Rossin-Slater warns that a number of stressful events related to climate …

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Through the Reproductive Lives of Women: On Cassia Roth’s …

WEBSet in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Miscarriage of Justice examines how women’s reproduction became the platform upon which Brazil attempted to build a new …

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Jun 17 How Occupation Affects Maternal Healthcare in Palestine

WEBSince 2007, Israel has imposed a land, air, and sea blockade on Gaza, and the maternal healthcare system has suffered as a result. Gaza’s healthcare system …

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Women Radiobiologists and 'Standard Man' — Lady Science

WEBWhen a new nuclear reactor comes online (for example, the Watts Bar Unit 2 in 2016, America’s most recent), it is expected to meet a set of federal standards …

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The Networks of Women Behind the Polio Vaccine — Lady Science

WEBVaccines are not produced in a vacuum nor does their creation sprout from a single mind, and the polio vaccine highlights the networks of women—some scientists, …

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What We Talk About When We Talk About Genitals — Lady Science

WEBJan 28. Jan 28 What We Talk About When We Talk About Genitals. Elana Spivack. 2020, Essays. In July 2018, Healthlinepublished an inclusive guide to safe sexin which they …

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Harmony and Hygiene in Menstruation in Modern China — Lady …

WEBYet in 2015, the $7.6 billionChinese sanitary product market couches menstruation as something one can control completely by buying the right products. …

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The 20th Century Coup of The American Childbirth Industry

WEBThe 1921 Sheppard-Towner Act also exasperated these disparities. The law funded state-led maternal health programs, both in and outside of hospital settings …

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Cancer vs. Chronic Pain — Lady Science

WEBWhen it comes to my health, I can present myself as either a cancer survivor or as a chronic pain patient. Both of these titles are true, but each conjure up radically …

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Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the Palliative Care Pioneer

WEBOct 7. Oct 7 Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the Palliative Care Pioneer. Carolina Alvarado. R. Features, 2021. Perhaps best known for her 1969 book “On Death and Dying,” Elisabeth …

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The Origins of American Women’s Exercise — Lady Science

WEBThe first major exercise fad for American women and girls was calisthenics, which, after its importation from Europe in the 1830s, retained devoted practitioners …

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I am not Lazy, I’m Ill — Lady Science

WEBMar 30 I am not Lazy, I’m Ill. Melissa Maldonado-Salcedo, PhD. 2021, Essays. Multiple sclerosis can feel like your body is gaslighting you. When I’m in high-stress mode, I lift …

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Menstrual Madness and Ovary Removal in the 19th Century

WEBThe normal ovariotomy, then, became a medically legitimate procedure to “relieve” women of their madness and to prevent them from passing it on to offspring. …

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