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Dialogue and Opinion
A Love Letter to the Freshman 15
"For young women and femme-presenting people who begin to gain weight in college, the stigma surrounding fatness can significantly impact…
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Dialogue and Opinion
From Joke to Judgment: Why Saying You’ll Drop Out to Strip Isn’t Funny
"Even if these offhand comments are made with pure intentions, they reinforce the negative stigma around sex work and harm…
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Stigma Around Female Rappers
The stigma surrounding women in the music industry, particularly rap, is an indication of broader and extremely pervasive institutional sexism…While…
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LENA Menstrual Cups: Your Body, Your Life, Your Period
By far, menstrual cups are becoming more socially feasible as a healthier, more conscientious choice for consumers who want to…
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Campus Life
Mental Health Tattoo Art Exhibition: Challenging Stigma and Perceptions of Mental Illness
Angela Nguyen's tattoo was the basis for “Mental Health Tattoo Art Exhibition,” which opened in the Powell Library Rotunda on…
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Dialogue and Opinion
MPE: A Movement Fighting The Stigma Against Menstruation in American High Schools
High-schooler Vienna Vernose from Pennsylvania is spearheading a powerful movement to start an important conversation about menstruation and the stigma…
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Dialogue and Opinion
Why Are We So Scared of Our Vaginas?
Why am I taught to never speak about a body part that is instrumental to my existence? When people continue…
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