On October 6, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced it was recommending the first malaria vaccine, known as RTS,S, […]
Why Sad Salads Are No Laughing Matter: An Interview with Emily Contois
Whether you’ve seen The Hairpin’s 2011 “Women Laughing Alone with Salad,” or not, you’re in for a treat. Emily Contois […]
Vanguard: The Fights that Connect Black Women Activists across More Than Two Centuries
My undergraduate and MA adviser, Dr. Angela Howard, argued that women across time and space often have remarkably similar experiences […]
In God’s Own Image: LGBT+ Community History at Lipscomb University
Growing up queer in evangelical Christian Southern culture is a unique experience. Having attended the same Christian K–12 school my […]
Caring for the Past and Present Patient: The Need for Trauma-Informed Care for Children and Adolescents
COVID-19 has produced fear, social strain, and mental health deterioration across the globe. The indelible marks left by the pandemic […]
Have Crisis, Feed Kids
“Here is public health’s bind,” wrote science journalist Ed Yong recently in The Atlantic: “Though it is so fundamental that […]
How To Be a Reproductive Justice Clinic Escort
On a hot Saturday morning in August 2018, I drove to my first clinic escorting shift. Earlier that week, I […]
