The Shame of Fat-Shaming
By Sayantani DasGupta at The Weeklings The patient is large. Very large. At more than 600 pounds, he is a mountain of flesh. “My stomach hurts,” he says, his voice surprisingly high and childlike. The...
View ArticleHow To Support People’s Health Issues Without Fat Shaming
By Erin McKelle at Everyday Feminism, cross-posted with permission There’s a lot of propaganda about how being overweight negatively affects your health in seemingly every way possible. Because a lot...
View Article7 Microaggressions Disabled Folks Face at the Doctor’s Office—and 6 Ways to...
By Caryn Rubanovich, Intern 2014 Imagine this: you’re in the waiting room of a new doctor’s office, eager to learn more about and start birth control. You’ve asked a family member to join you, and...
View ArticleBreaking Down Binge Eating Disorder
By Tasha Sanders When I think of an eating disorder, the first thing that comes to mind is anorexia or bulimia. This might be because of my history with anorexia, but it also has to do with the media’s...
View ArticleYou Deserve Respectful Sexual Healthcare
By Bianca Palmisano of Intimate Health Consulting, originally published on Slut, Ph.D. and cross-posted with permission “The gynecologist assumed that because I’d had male and female partners within...
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