I didn’t want to always have to pay attention to my body. I wanted to have a life. Women are not supposed to talk about their periods, we have to be discreet and hide the fact that we have them every month. Luckily, more women are publicly talking about periods these days. For example, photographer Rupi Kaur […]
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 […]
I will never apologize for doing what is right for my body. Well, maybe there’s one wrong way, I thought, inspecting my surrogate little sister’s half-used pill pack, every second or third pouch punched out like answers on a Scantron sheet. “These aren’t like Advil, babe,” I told her. “In order for them to work, […]
