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Posted by Kristen Barton
18 and pregnant: how a young mom is challenging the stigma of “teen pregnancy”
September 11, 2015
The thought of having a baby has always been difficult for me to grasp and a vision I never really had for myself. I just do not f… Read more »
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Posted by Carley Towne
This “classist, sexist, anti-child” California Policy Must Go
September 10, 2015
photo by Charlotte Cooper via flickr Over twenty years ago, California was swept up in the fervor of President Clinton’s “welfare… Read more »
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Posted by Natasha Ivery
Beauty and the Beast: Kalief Browder, Mental Illness and the Black Community
September 10, 2015
Image by Craig Finn via Wikiemdia Commons. Mental illness. Depression. Schizophrenia. Bipolar disorder. Anxiety. Whatever one suff… Read more »
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Posted by Caitlyn Martin
A Review of S.E.X.
September 9, 2015
When I attended the URGE National Conference in Washington, D.C. this June, one of the things in the goodie bag was the book S.E.X… Read more »
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Posted by Nigel Morton
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New Types of Male Contraception to be Available in the Near Future
September 8, 2015
Three types of hormone pills, vaginal ring, diaphragm, intrauterine device, a hormone patch, upper arm hormone implant, and emerge… Read more »
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Posted by Hanna Foster
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Transphobia in Hollywood: Trans Stories Without Trans Actors
September 8, 2015
With the upcoming debut of the new movie About Ray where another non-trans actor, in this case Elle Fanning, plays a trans charact… Read more »
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Posted by Kristen Barton
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Everything is Bigger in Texas, Except for Abortion Access
September 4, 2015
In 2013, Texans, yet again, had to endure other people making decisions about our bodies for us. When I say for us, I don’t mean t… Read more »
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Posted by Carley Towne
Fight for $15 Comes to UC…Sort Of
September 3, 2015
I got a what I thought was a welcome surprise during summer vacation leading into my last year at UC San Diego when Janet Napolita… Read more »