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Becoming Wonder Woman

Tory Davis

I hatched a plan: I would wear her magic belt. I would save people from the bad guys. I would never feel scared again.

  • Voices

Indomitability in a Dark Time: An Open Letter to Women Graduating in the Age of Trump

Anjali Dayal

“This is a dark time to be a young woman finishing school.”

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Reflections on the Women’s March: A Letter to My Son

Caitlin Andrews Sickles

You were at the Women’s March on Washington. You won’t remember it because I carried you. At just 15 weeks along, you were the size of an orange.

  • Voices

The Good Wife

Sonya Lea

The female caregiver only has two options—leave or become the martyr.

  • Voices

I Hope You’re Watching Me

Jill Walls

One feminist mother’s account of intentionally “doing gender” her way.

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  • Voices

Queer Women in Montenegro Tell Their Stories

Lydia Perovic

“To be safe, we need to stay secluded. But I decided to try to live differently. There’s no air in the closet.”

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  • Voices

Body Politic

Daisy Florin

I wish I could say that getting an IUD in the waning days of the Obama administration was an act of political resistance. It wasn’t.

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  • Violence & Harassment

Negotiating Safety: Healing Through a Contact Sport

Genevieve Berrick

There are so many ways that people negotiate the world—but being hit on a regular basis tends to be far from the expected norm.

  • Health
  • Politics

Planned Parenthood Saved My Life

Danielle Ortiz-Geis

I don’t know what would have happened to me had I not gone into Planned Parenthood that day. I’m grateful I never got the chance to find out because their doors were open to me when I needed them the most.

  • Health

This Clinic Stays Open

Margaret Zoe Fasolo

It was 1986. A friend passed me a note after math class. All it said was “meet me after lunch.”

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