Things Learned from a Bachelor’s in Public Health
To open, I’d like to frame this piece around a disclaimer. I’m a 21-year old cis, white, middle-class undergraduate student studying in the...
Annie Bryan
Annie Bryan
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Impact of St. Louis MLS Tax Exemptions
St. Louis is premiering into Major League Soccer in March 2022 with a currently-unnamed team. Announced in October 2019, the owners...
A Non-Encompassing Health Insurance Dictionary
Last week, I discussed the recent history and current importance of Medicaid and it’s expansion during the enactment of the Affordable Care...
What the Heck is Medicaid?
No matter how hard we work to understand how to pay for health care, the odds are stacked against us. Health insurance in the U.S. is...
HeadCount with Sarah Cerkvenik of HeadCount St. Louis
Hey, how’s it going? Are you registered to vote?
A Public Health Analysis of California Wildfires
If we try to make sure a natural thing never happens, when it does, it will be worse.
Why Planned Parenthood is Opening a Clinic Really, Really Close to Missouri
Restricting who can and cannot access reproductive and sexual health care and education exponentially truncates who can and cannot have autonomy over their lives.
Why Harry Styles’ “Lights Up” Is Sociologically Important
On October 11th, 2019, solo artist Harry Styles released “ Lights Up ,” his first single since his premier, full-length, self-titled album...
Netflix's "Sex Education" is Sex Education
In a world where sex is considered taboo, here is how Netflix broke down the barrier.
Let's Talk About Hong Kong
"This isn’t about some far-off place dealing with its own problems; the Hong Kong/Chinese conflict is a manifestation of centuries of suppression."
Thank You, Chanel Miller
Trigger Warning : This piece discusses sexual assault. If reading about sexual violence isn’t good for you right now, please do not engage...
A Media Review of Body Positivity on Instagram
Women are not weapons against each other. I will not accept the way in which big corporations (through media) and men (through small acts that negate friendship) use women as means to an end against each other.
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Moving Beyond Consuming: What we can do to Support Inclusive Body-Positivity
The audience is the platform for Her Campus. As I’ve said, this audience has power. Let’s do something about it.
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Pros and Cons of Corporate Sponsorship in the Bodyposi Movement
Bodies are cool. They move and bend and it’s great. Each line, stretch mark, roll, and every single piece of softness is great.
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An Interview with Nicole Bajerek on Body-Positivity
"A picture or a video on a screen is just that. We don’t see what goes on behind the scenes. We see the final edit, the perfected version, the best version. This puts a huge weight on our shoulders.
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Contextualizing Body Image in Mainstream Culture
Our lives are heavily influenced by the marketing and corporations around us.
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Why We Need More Inclusive Branding
Even brands that try to support a more inclusive fashion industry or empower women are only accessible in high-traffic malls- places not accessible to people of low income.
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Our #HCSurvivalKit 2017
Safe to say that we're thriving.
