If you ever doubt that our society imposes gender roles on its inhabitants from birth and even before, try getting pregnant. There are two questions people ask when they find out that my partner is pregnant. “What’s the due date?” is one—understandably, friends want to know when we’ll disappear from having social lives and/or turn […]
A woman, no matter her background, should never be asked to prove she is a woman. It was with nearly flawless timing that, just as the national conversation around Caitlyn Jenner, transgender identities, and the definition of womanhood was building to a screaming crescendo, Netflix released the third season of Orange is the New Black. […]
This originally appeared on BuzzFeed. Republished here with permission. Almost nine months ago, I was told I might never be able to have intercourse. Now I’m trying to make peace with my medical condition—and hoping my partners will as well. Lying on my back with my legs in stirrups, I could feel my body starting to […]
