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Not Just Pregnancy Prevention: #FreeThePill Will Free Us

Oct 15, 2020 / Guest Blogger / Our Folks
By: Sarah Michal Hamid Birth control is not always used for pregnancy prevention, and that’s OK! What is not okay, is only centering pregnancy prevention … Read More

Forced Sterilizations, and the RJ Struggle of the Latinx Community in California

Oct 15, 2020 / Guest Blogger / Our Folks
By: Kirsten Hernandez It’s no secret that Black, Asian, Indigenous, and Latinx people throughout American history have struggled harder than others to gain autonomy over … Read More
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Weight, What? How Fatphobia Impacts Reproductive Care

Sep 29, 2020 / Nneka Ewulonu / Our Folks
Fatphobia, the institutional bias against plus-size bodies, is rampant in the way we view ourselves and each other. Popular culture depicts the slim woman, (size … Read More
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Alabama Beyond Policing Campaign Summer 2020

Jul 20, 2020 / Jaz / Our Folks
URGE is participating in a larger campaign being coordinated by ACLU Alabama, which is calling on local officials to make meaningful efforts to decrease arrests … Read More
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Young People Need a Future for Us, Shaped by Us

Mar 27, 2020 / Neve Brown / Our Folks
With the recent news of COVID-19, it may seem like the only updates we see online are simply updating us on the crumbling state of … Read More

A Look At The Wins: Shackling in Prisons

Oct 05, 2018 / Clarissa Brooks / Our Folks
I grew up in Charlotte, NC in a neighborhood called Greirtown, known in the early 2000’s as one of the most dangerous neighborhoods in Charlotte. … Read More

Amber the Activist and Victim Blaming in Rape Culture

Jan 21, 2016 / Natasha Ivery / Our Folks
[Trigger warning of sexual assault, rape and mental trauma.] 2015 was (unfortunately) the year of perpetuating rape culture and victim blaming. After her ex-husband and … Read More

RJ Tech Talk: Male Contraceptive Pill

Nov 12, 2014 / Tristan Cimini / Our Folks
Hooray! Male birth control will be available by 2017. What is male birth control? The Parsemus Foundation, a company that works on making healthcare affordable, is … Read More

College students need sex ed, too

Sep 18, 2014 / Samaria Johnson / Our Folks
I would guess that most students who arrive on a college campus as freshman did not receive comprehensive sex education in middle or high school. … Read More
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