Health

From menstruation to fertility and mental health, we combat cultural stigma and taboo, while empowering women to embrace their bodies and minds.

March 15, 2024

Between The Sheets: “I feel PMDD has neutered me”

Would you be able to cope with having the energy for sex only five days a month?

February 14, 2024

The complex relationship between being brown and tanning  

I’d often try to stay out of the sun, with the conscious intention of ‘not getting darker’. It’s taken years of unlearning this. 

February 2, 2024

On the alchemising power of rage when living with endometriosis

Endometriosis is a brutal, chronic illness affecting 1 in 9 women. Editor and author Gina Rushton explores the power of anger over self-abnegation along the fractured journey to finding adequate treatment options in Australia.

February 2, 2024

Indian women living with HIV/AIDS face heavy stigma – and here’s what needs to change

Outside of healthcare, Indian women living with HIV/AIDS continue to fight against bias and routine discrimination. Their healing and hope comes through collective resistance against a society that sees them as impure.

January 23, 2024

The “healthy glow” of a sun tan is anything but

It’s clear that people across the country continue to have unhealthy love of sun tanning – which causes premature ageing, irreparable skin damage, changes to DNA and even death from skin cancer.

January 17, 2024

Post-holiday reflections from a psychologist who felt all sorts of emotions whilst out of office

Let’s be honest, the typical messaging out there about the holidays on billboards, cards and shopping centre banners may not feel aligned with what your lived experience felt like in reality.

January 16, 2024

Why are we (still) keeping the first trimester a secret?

Keeping pregnancies a secret for the first trimester is still considered the social norm, but perhaps it doesn't have to always be this way.

December 20, 2023

Reclaiming Yoga: Navigating Decolonization in a Spiritual Tradition

Earlier this year, Melbourne-based journalist Simran Pasricha jumped on the chance to complete her Yoga teacher training in India. She was unnerved to find that the course was predominantly filled with white students, many of whom even grumbled at the need to learn Sanskrit as part of their training. Here, she explores the effects of colonisation on her journey with Yoga.

December 18, 2023

Women want more fertility education in Australia

A new report on the state of women’s fertility awareness has revealed that 4 in 5 women want more education about it.

November 22, 2023

Healthcare freedom: Contraceptive pills now free in the UK

Thinking of women’s healthcare items as a luxury and not a necessity has extended to how we think about women’s healthcare and well-being. Free contraceptive pills are a good start. But there’s a long way to go in the fight for healthcare freedom.
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