Global & Public Health
The Clinical Cold Shoulder and Why Your Doctor Should Not Be Your Judge
I knew a woman named Sarah once. Sarah is a sex worker, a reality she tends to bury at the bottom of... [...]
Mental Health & Neuroethics
The Theater of the Absurd: Why Your Doctor Is Not Listening and How to Fix It
You are perched atop a sheet of crinkly parchment in a room that reeks of industrial citrus and supp... [...]
Genetics & Genomics
The High Stakes of Selecting Pink or Blue: My Costly Lesson in Playing Biological Architect
I once spent six thousand dollars on an automated, smart irrigation system for my modest suburban pa... [...]
AI & FemTech
The Tyranny of the Glowing Circle
I am currently perched in a shadowy little bistro, nursing a glass of Pinot Noir that possesses sign... [...]
Aging & Menopause
The Medical World Thinks You Are Too Old to Matter
I am currently staring at a glass of Malbec that costs more than my first car. (That car was a 1994... [...]
Bodily Autonomy & Consent
The Hospital Gown Paradox and the Secret Exams You Never Requested
I was sitting in a sterile waiting room last month, wearing a garment that was essentially a paper n... [...]
Maternal & Fetal Health
Why We Are Treating Pregnant Patients Like Criminals Instead of Patients
I was lingering in a hospital cafeteria last autumn with my long-time associate, Dr. Aris. (The man... [...]
Reproductive Ethics
The Quiet Echo of the Sterilization Room
I was exactly twenty-two years old and perched on a crinkly paper sheet in a linoleum-clad office th... [...]
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... [...]
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... [...]
