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Roe v. Wade was overturned in June 2022, but for years before that, the antiabortion movement was trying to restrict and eliminate abortion access through fetal personhood laws. These laws operate on the idea that fetuses have the same rights as any already-born person, therefore equating abortion to murder. But fetal personhood laws don’t just influence abortion access, they can also contribute to criminalization of a woman’s actions during pregnancy.
A new investigation from The Meteor has hig…
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Billie Eilish opened up about her relationship to women and womanhood in a new interview, saying she’s physically attracted to women.
“I’ve never really felt like I could relate to girls very well,” Eilish told Variety, reflecting on her relationship to other women. “I love them so much. I love them as people. I’m attracted to them as people. I’m attracted to them for real.”
The singer continued: “I have deep connections with women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life. I’m p…
6 months ago
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We hear more and more about efforts to restrict how trans young people can exist in public as legislators try to limit the kind of health care they receive, which bathrooms they use, and the names they’re allowed to be called in school. And we know that this barrage of anti-trans legislation can be harmful to trans youth and their mental health.
But the trans experience is much more than the efforts to silence it. This Trans Awareness Week, The Trevor Project collected stories of trans joy, aski…
6 months ago
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On September 22, skateboard wheels whizzed across concrete at the Two Grey Hills Skate Park on the Navajo Nation, skirts and beads whipping in the wind as the boarders tried out new tricks. The girls — with their skateboards — had gathered for the Modern Matriarch Skate Jam, a skate competition that was started to uplift Indigenous women skateboarders.
”[Modern Matriarch Skate Jam] was created with the vision to provide a platform for Native skateboarders to showcase their skills and talents in…
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The Supreme Court indicated on December 13 that it will consider a case in which the outcome could make the abortion pill less accessible.
In its biggest abortion-related move since overturning Roe v. Wade, the Supreme Court will take up a case regarding the availability of mifepristone, a key component in the abortion pill, NBC News reported. The court will consider appeals defending FDA moves in recent years to make mifepristone easier to access, including a 2021 decision to make it available…
5 months ago
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Snoop Dogg’s daughter Cori Broadus said she had a “severe” stroke in an Instagram story on January 18.
USA Today reports that 24-year-old Broadus “started breaking down crying” when doctors told her she had a stroke on Thursday morning, wondering “what did I do in my past to deserve all of this.” On Friday, Broadus posted photos of her smiling in a hospital bed, alongside flowers sent from loved ones.
It’s not clear what exactly Broadus experienced or what her condition is now, but according to…
4 months ago
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Weight Limit is a series that examines the rise of weight loss drugs like Wegovy and how they impact young people. This story digs into cheaper Ozempic “dupes” and what they actually are.
After a patient’s insurance wouldn’t cover the weight loss medicine Dr. Nancy Crimmins, MD, a pediatric endocrinologist at Cincinnati Children’s, had prescribed, the patient asked her if she would send the prescription to a compounding pharmacy, where it would be cheaper. Dr. Crimmins hadn’t heard of the pharma…
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Weight Limit is a series that examines the rise of weight loss drugs like Wegovy and how they impact young people. This story looks at the mental health impact these drugs can have on teens, and what that means for those taking them.
“You never see big celebrities who people say are hot,” Natalie says. “You only see really skinny people.”
Natalie started rapidly gaining weight when she was about 4 years old, her mom remembers, gaining about 20 to 30 pounds a year until age 7, when Kailey brought…
3 months ago
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After fake sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift spread across social media this week, fans are drowning the AI-generated photos out with the tagline “protect Taylor Swift.”
According to the New York Times, Swift was a victim of deepfake porn — nonconsensual and fake nude or sexual images of someone that are created using AI. The photos spread quickly on X (formerly Twitter), with one of the images reportedly being viewed more than 47 million times before the account it stemmed from was suspe…
3 months ago
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New data from the FBI shows that as much as 10% of all hate crimes in 2022 happened in schools, making them the third most common place or hate crimes to occur.
A special report from the FBI found that hate crimes in schools nearly doubled between 2018 and 2022, going from 700 reports at schools and colleges in 2018 to 1,336 reports in 2022. Anti-Black hate crimes were by far the most common reported, followed by antisemitic and anti-LGBTQ hate crimes. According to CBS News, more than 30% of ha…
3 months ago
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Drake Bell will open up about alleged sexual abuse he experienced as a child actor in a new docuseries.
On Tuesday, Investigation Discovery released a new trailer for its upcoming series “Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV” in which multiple people are shown discussing Brian Peck’s sexual abuse conviction, a dialogue coach who worked on Nickelodeon’s “All That” and “The Amanda Show.” He was convicted in 2004 for sexual abuse against a minor. At the end of the trailer, after discussion about…
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