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I think about renouncing my gender of woman often, even knowing it won’t change what’s happened to me already because of my womanhood.
Category: Archives
Why Did It Have To Be CRPS?
Please help me welcome this week’s “Life With An Invisible Illness” spotlight guest… Jennifer Schwader: Invisible Illness – Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) My name is Jennifer and I’m battling CRPS on my right side of my body. CRPS, commonly known as the suicide disease because of it’s intense pain Read more
To the Male Doctors Who Do NOT Understand How Pulmonary Hypertension Affects MY Life
I was diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary arterial hypertension (PH) nearly three years ago. It was a few days before Christmas. PH is a rare, life-threatening heart-lung condition that is incurable, and often fatal. My family and I received the news that I had five years to live, maybe ten, and Read more
Donald Trump You are Right, the System IS Rigged
Yes, Donald, the system is rigged. Only, not in the way you say it is. The system is rigged against those about whom you say terrible things. The system is rigged against the immigrant as he tries to build a better life in this country, a safer more prosperous life, Read more
Family Fears and Invisible Illness
Life is hard, it’s even harder when you are diagnosed with a debilitating invisible illness. Once that diagnosis is given, it can feel like a life sentence. You start to work through a pattern of grief. At first, you are relieved to know that there’s a name for these symptoms Read more
Donald Trump, Rape and the Final Taboo
When I first entered the world of social media it was mainly for fun: finding like-minded people, sharing stuff about favourite TV shows and so on.Over the years, though, things changed: these days I use it to read the news I wouldn’t get from the regular media. I also use Read more
Color The World Orange For CRPS
November is National CRPS Awareness month and November 7th is Color The World Orange Day for CRPS. To help promote awareness, we at Feminine Collective, have turned our logo Orange for the day to increase awareness of CRPS. It’s the least we can do to help spread light on this Read more
Reclaiming Our Periods and Erasing the Taboo Associated with Menstruation
Over the last few months, I have noticed something: periods are disappearing! Not with anyone in particular, but just in general. Periods are disappearing from popular culture and have returned to the outer fringes as if they were once again an embarrassing taboo. The only time you hear them being Read more