Forgotten Women: Sarah Baartman
I was scrolling through my Youtube homepage the other day, as one does, in search of something to watch. After a few minutes of fruitless...
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Numb
The pain we healed from, It came Our own left the world But we stand in sorrow With heads looking at the dry ground A drought that lasted...
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The Agenda. and a Conversation With its Founders!
This past week, I met (virtually) with the founders of The Agenda. , a movement that aims to enable women to harness their meunstral cycles...
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Let's Talk About Pain During Sex
When we think of pain and sex, we probably think of the first time and BDSM. Outside of this, most women don’t typically anticipate or want...
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Happiness, Pain, and the Hedonic Treadmill
When reading a book by Mark Manson a few months back, I came across a chapter that discussed how happiness works. There have been countless...
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The Best Products to Fight Migraines
We all (well, most of us) get them. We all hate them. Migraines and headaches truly suck. I’ve had my fair share of them over the years and...
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To Wear a Bra or Not to Wear a Bra?
Is it truly beneficial to go braless?
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I Had Surgery at The Age of 20, and Here’s How it Went
Surgery might not be uncommon, but for a 20-year-old, it can be pretty overwhelming. I saw mine coming a few years before I actually got it...
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My Love is Not an Apology
This is for all the times you forgot what it felt like to be loved for you and by you.
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A Feeling Which Needs Defining: Schadenfreude
Not sure how to describe experiencing pleasure from someone’s pain? Well, there’s a word for it! Schadenfreude.
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The Last Eight Years
A poem to define one-sided love that has lasted so long and now wants to come out to reveal the feelings hiding within it. Eight years ago...
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I Got My Wisdom Teeth Out!
A message to those who are getting their wisdom teeth removed…
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The Myth of ‘Closure’ and Why it's Unhelpful in the Healing Process
Recently, I’ve had a lot of people close to me experience heartbreak. As I attempt to comfort them, I’m reminded of how useless outside...
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Why Friendship Breakups Hurt the Most
It’s okay to miss your ex-friends
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My Weekend Challenge: Sleeping on the Floor
Beds are a trap.
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You Have to Confront Your Pain to Heal
When you’re hurting, do you feel your pain? Not just tell yourself that you’re hurt, but do you actually and honestly allow yourself to...
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Pain is Not a Competition
“You’re sad? Well I have clinical depression, so that’s like a constant for me.” “Your parents are fighting? At least they’re together,...
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Endometriosis: A Medical Diagnosis That Changed My Life
“It felt like I was in a game of hot potato, being tossed around from doctor to doctor. None of them knew what to do with me.”
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House of Pain: Growing Up With Domestic Violence
Trigger Warning: Domestic Violence I remember getting a call a couple of months ago from my sister telling me that my mother was in the...
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What Does Pain Look Like?
A piece by McKenzi Roe
