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The Biological Debt We Force Children to Pay
I once attempted to assemble a massive mahogany bookshelf while consuming a very large glass of Merlot. (It was actually... [...]
The Genetic TMI Crisis: Why Your Physician Is Disclosing Far Too Much Information
I was perched atop that atrocious, crinkly medical paper - the variety that sounds like a thousand candy wrappers scream... [...]
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Career
The "Soft Skills" Trap: Why Empathy Is Actually a Hard Financial Metric
I hate the term "soft skills." It sounds like a corporate retreat activity invol... [...]
Cars
The Silent Wealth Killer: The Real Cost of Car Ownership Explained
Most of us think we know exactly what our vehicles cost us. We look at the month... [...]
Health
Why Your Ovaries Are Now Proprietary Corporate Data
I was sitting at a remarkably loud bistro last Tuesday with my friend Elena - a... [...]
Reproductive Ethics
The Coldest Storage: Why I Am Terrified of the Embryo Limbo
I was staring into my freezer yesterday - which is currently a graveyard for a s... [...]
Global & Public Health
The Four Hundred Dollar Surgery and the Silence of Two Million Women
I found myself slumped in a drafty, dimly lit lecture hall in London some years ago, cradling a cup... [...]
Bodily Autonomy & Consent
The Sharp Scissors Sarah Never Invited to Her Party
I was ensconced in a particularly grimy booth at a coffee shop last Tuesday with my cousin Sarah - a... [...]
Maternal & Fetal Health
Why My Friend Maya Is Terrified To Have A Second Baby And Why She Is Right
I found myself hunched over a wobbly bistro table last Tuesday with my friend Maya - a woman who has navigated more high-stakes boardrooms than I have managed t... [...]
AI & FemTech
The Seventy-Five Billion Dollar Mood Ring and Other Expensive Lies
I am awake at two in the morning, blinking at a screen that tells me my thyroid is why I cannot reca... [...]
Intersectionality & Justice
The High Price of Being Family-Minded While Queer
Julian and his husband, Marcus, set out to navigate the labyrinthine path toward parenthood through... [...]
AI & FemTech
The Digital Guillotine: Why AI Deepfakes Are a Bioethical Nightmare
I was perched at my laminate kitchen table last Tuesday, consuming a second glass of Cabernet that c... [...]
Reproductive Ethics
The Genetic Quagmire: Why You Cannot Assume Your Dead Partner Wants to Be a Parent
I was sitting in my favorite leather chair, nursing a glass of something expensive and French (it wa... [...]
Global & Public Health
The Sun Is Attempting To Murder My Neighbor Brenda
I was positioned in the frozen vegetable aisle last July, clutching a bag of organic peas to my neck... [...]
