Reading the Signs of your Body
Health & WellnessGrowing up and going through puberty, the only thing many of us learned about the menstrual cycle was the period part. But there’s so much more to it.
Not your average
Health & WellnessThis week, the FDA will make a decision on whether or not to approve the first ever treatment for achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism. But not everyone is celebrating.
Bodies Bonus: Six Inches
Health & WellnessWhen Cody went online to search for a prosthetic penis, he couldn’t find anything that met his needs.
Carved from Secrets
Health & WellnessWhen River was first told that something was wrong with their body, they didn’t think it was that big a deal. But the medical system and their parents disagreed.
LA’s toxic secret
Health & WellnessAn elementary school in L.A. County was built on a contaminated site and made its community sick — How that community came together to demand change, and a controversial plan to build a new school.
Indie Spotlight: “Infinities”
Health & WellnessOn today’s indie spotlight, we share “Infinities,” by Boen Wang. It’s about mental illness, toxic workplace environments, Egyptian Rat Screw, and the nature of infinity.
Do Less Harm
Health & WellnessLill lives in Appalachian West Virginia — it’s coal country, and it’s also the overdose capital of the United States.
Something Extra
Health & WellnessKelly was in her 20s in the 1980s and she was determined enjoy sex without shame...until she got an STI she’d never heard of. And so she married the first person who accepted her.