We Are the Fucking Sky

by Carlin Ross | Feb 18, 2025

I started to experience overwhelming waves of rage upon the repeal of Roe v Wade.  What made things worse was that no one seemed phased in the slightest.  Deny women healthcare -after 50 years of clear precedent – just another day in America. There were no...

My Anger Experience

by Kaylea Forsythe | Feb 18, 2025

Photo: A wood burning I made to remind myself to let my Heart unfurl and feel it all A couple of years ago, one of my best friends had her I.U.D. removed. Notoriously, I.U.D. insertion is painful and traumatizing. The cramps from insertion mimic labor contractions....

Ready to Pop

by Simone | Feb 18, 2025

Right now, anger swells inside me like a balloon about to pop. But it doesn’t. Instead, it simmers just beneath the surface of my skin, perfectly expanding into every space of my being, yet so neatly confined. This anger—buried beneath sadness, or perhaps the sadness...

Pre-Menopause

by Celine | Jan 27, 2025

Céline wrote in German.Use Google translate to read in English or another language Prä-Menopause Es kam schleichend… Wie fast alle Veränderungen,die unser Körper im Laufe des Lebens durchmacht, passierte auch die Veränderung von meinem Zyklus so langsam, dass ich es...

My Menopause Story

by Laura Bogush | Jan 7, 2025

I’ve been taking hormone replacement therapy for nearly 30 years. It’s improved my quality of life and physical health. I wouldn’t want to live without it. At age 37, my periods stopped abruptly. I would awaken at night, hot and drenched in sweat. These episodes...

Womanhood in a Broken System

by Lakota | Jan 7, 2025

When I was 17 I decided I was ready to have penetrative sex with my then boyfriend. I went to planned parenthood with my mom and they put me on the pill. I gave it a good try for a few months and the mood swings were not working for me. I went back in, told them and...