The “Obesity Crisis” Is a Fatphobic Myth
Fatness is treated as a moral failure, but the facts show it is all systemic.
Body Politics
How Women of Color Have Built Political Capital in Elections
She the People Executive Director Aimee Allison explains how women of color are both running for office and voting in ways that demand to be seen and heard.
New Book Says It’s Time to Move Beyond Disability Rights and Embrace Disability Justice
“The Future Is Disabled” by Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha moves much-needed conversations on disability and mutual aid into the spotlight while pushing readers to confront their preconceived ideas about who belongs in the future.
We Need to Replace White Feminism With Inclusive Feminism
By centering feminism on gender alone and conveniently sidelining the impact of whiteness, class, culture, imperialism, and religion on gender parity, white women have co-opted the feminist space. It’s time to change this.
Intersectional Activism in a Post-Roe World
Abortion bans tend to disproportionately impact vulnerable populations in low-income, rural communities. Here’s how young people of color are fighting back.
How TikTok Helped Me Find Community When the Health Care System Failed Me
“I can finally manage my PCOS in a healthy and sustainable way thanks to an unlikely ally: TikTok.”
We Can Talk About Abortion Without Being Ableist
The intersection of disability rights and abortion rights is complex.
You Know What Else Is Contagious? Good Health
An increasing amount of research shows that good health practices and outcomes can spread throughout a community, even outweighing the influence of immediate family members.
The Café That’s Upending Capitalism
Cafe Euphoria isn’t just another co-op. Its trans and gender-nonconforming owners are pursuing a vision of radical equality.
The Job Is Not My Work
Our profit-driven health care system pushes workers to the breaking point. What would it look like to take back our power?
Dobbs Is About More Than Abortion. It’s an Attack on Us All.
The Supreme Court’s decision validates a half-century-old strategy by Christian nationalists to remake the very fabric of this nation.
The Political Power of Pro-Choice Protests
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, protests remind the Left how political change happens.
The Underground Economy of Unpaid Care
More than 40 million people provide unpaid care for adults. My mother was one of them.
What Is Behind the Tampon Shortage?
The recent scarcity of menstrual products is exacerbating period poverty in the U.S.
Disability Often Intersects With Domestic Violence. Here’s How to Better Help Survivors
Four primary solutions to address the specific needs of survivors with disabilities.
What Would It Mean to Codify Roe Into Law?
Following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, advocates and politicians are calling on states and congress to codify Roe. But what does this actually mean for abortion rights?
Making Sense of Our Post-Roe World
Knowing this day would come doesn’t make the reality any easier to process. But as trite as this may sound so soon after such a devastating loss, the fight is far from over.
Roe Has Been Overturned. Now What?
Scholars offer five takeaways to begin understanding the impact of the Supreme Court’s decision revoking the constitutional right to safe, legal abortion in the U.S.
Why the Formula Shortage Is Also a Disability Rights Issue
The shortage highlights an ongoing, systemic failure to ensure vulnerable children have secure access to medically necessary, life-supporting products and equipment.
Discovering Accessible Delight
Everyone has the right to pleasure. But without disability justice, pleasure is a privilege.
How to Prevent Teen Dating Violence
“Because no one had talked with me as a teen about what a real, healthy relationship looks like, I didn’t know what to do when my boyfriend became abusive.”
Art and Identity on the Spectrum
What does creativity look like on the spectrum? We asked four autistic artists to show us how they would like to be seen.
To Save a Forest, Look to the Women
Women often suffer the most from environmental degradation. A nonprofit in Colombia is trying to make their needs central to conservation.
States Advance Anti-Transgender Agendas—Part of a Longtime Strategy by Conservatives to Rally Their Base
Some 30 states initiated anti-trans legislation in 2021, and 7 more in 2022.
What Black Disabled Women Want
The basic human rights of proper health care and opportunities through work should be available to everyone.
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