Women’s Issues + Awareness – Page 67

I Have Weird Taste in Men, Yet I’m Like Everyone Else

February 22, 2016September 13, 2018 Neesa Suncheuri

For a long time, I have always been a bit confused about my sexual preferences. Certainly, I am a fan of men, but overall, my tastes are a bit strange. My preferences became apparent in my junior high years and have not changed much since then. If I were to Read more

I See You

February 21, 2016September 25, 2016 Leslie Lippa

I see you looking at me when you think I’m not looking. Always whispering, and judging, and letting me know that you know I’m not good enough. Just when I think I have finally gotten everyone fooled, I see your little pink nose sticking out – all up in my Read more

I’m Fabulous (According to Supermodel Cheryl Tiegs)

February 19, 2016September 25, 2016 Natalie Yeh

When Cheryl Tiegs – yes, supermodel Cheryl Tiegs — gave me a hug and said that I looked fabulous in my new dress and polished makeup, well, that was something I never could have dreamed of as a trans kid spending their life hiding as a boy. I also couldn’t Read more

When Half a Brain is the Only Option

February 15, 2016May 7, 2019 Shanna DeMott

My daughter has half a brain. No, really. She does. Allow me to explain. Sasha arrived on a Friday morning, in late-February. She was three weeks early and weighed 4.5 pounds. Aside from her low-birth weight, she was perfect. Words I used to describe her babyhood included happy, giggly, curious, Read more

Can I Call You Later Tonight?

February 12, 2016September 25, 2016 Charlene Dizon

I am a nineteen year old young woman currently attending college. My major is English with a specific focus on Creative Writing. That is what I love to do— write. While my main point of expertise is writing teen romance stories, lately I have been wanting to write about a Read more

Dear Pharmacists … (a letter from the disgruntled masses)

February 10, 2016September 14, 2018 SA Smith

Dear Pharmacists, We see you standing there with your antiseptic smile. We smile back and hand you our prescriptions. We watch as your face distorts in front of us. The stigma of the prescribed medication takes over. Your face no longer has that fake smile, it is instead replaced with judgement. Before Read more

Escape from ISIS

February 8, 2016September 13, 2018 Michele Rigby Assad

They had been surrounded by ISIS for months. The siege continued to build as fighters managed to cut off water, electricity, and the flow of goods into the city. Residents of Qaraqosh, the largest Christian-majority city in Iraq, grew more and more tense living in the shadow of ISIS.Although Kurdish Read more