July 2, 2020

(The following is an accompaniment to our episode, Ariana & Abortion Bans Listen now to hear Ariana tell her story) When my husband and I found out we were pregnant, I was so excited, I didn’t know what to do with myself I was so careful, I ate all the right things, I didn’t pick up...

July 25, 2019

Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a common cultural practice in parts of Africa, the Middle East and Asia According to the World Health Organization (WHO), FGM comprises all procedures involving partial or total removal of the female external genitalia or other injury to the female genital organs...

July 25, 2019

Most womxn in the United States at some point or another will use some form of contraception to avoid pregnancy According to the CDC, just under two-thirds of all womxn in the US used some form of contraceptive in 2018 alone Reasons behind contraceptive use vary: some people use them as a tool...

July 25, 2019

It all started with intense lower back pain and months of misdiagnoses until finally, the diagnosis was clear: cancer That was just the beginning of actress Brittany Daniel’s journey with Stage IV non-Hodgkins lymphoma In our most recent, In Their Shoes episode, Daniel talks about the mental and...

July 2, 2019

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are SUPER common in vagina-owning people and most womxn will experience at least once in their lifetime Make sure to tune in to our UTI episode where Executive Producer Bethney Bonilla talks with Dr Aviva Weinberg, a urologist at Kaiser Permanente  The...

June 26, 2019

First, make sure you check out our episode on menopause Menopause is the fourth and final reproductive time point It marks the end of the window where women are able to have children and a new chapter in womens’ lives Because for centuries on end, women have been considered vessels to have...