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Signed: How ASL Became A Language Of Resistance (Revisited)
American Sign Language is the third-most used language in the U.S. ASL has its own culture and art forms, and for many Deaf folks, ASL is about much …
1 year, 7 months ago
Desiring Disability in Fashion
Mainstream adaptive fashion lines are relatively new, but creating clothes to fit and flatter a range of bodies has long been part of disability cult…
1 year, 7 months ago
What Kids' Books Teach Us About Our Bodies
A new crop of children’s book authors are trying to help kids develop curiosity about their physical bodies. But how exactly do they turn fraught bod…
1 year, 8 months ago
Intersex Reframes On Sex & Gender
While early biology lessons often teach us about sex as a binary, our bodies tell a different story. An intersex physician tells Anita about the deca…
1 year, 8 months ago
Masked: Coming Out As Autistic In Adulthood (Revisited)
Many autistic people assigned female at birth remain undiagnosed at 18, so what's it like to get an autism diagnosis in your adulthood? Anita meets t…
1 year, 8 months ago
Bisexuality Beyond The Binary
Our understanding of the term bisexuality has been in a state of constant evolution. In a moment when bisexual adults make up the largest share of th…
1 year, 8 months ago
Popped: Adult Acne In The 'Perfect Skin' Era (Revisited)
Dealing with pimples and blackheads in middle school is practically a right of passage. But when acne is a defining feature of your adulthood... it’s…
1 year, 8 months ago
Reimagining The Wedding Ceremony
The marriage rate in this country has fallen nearly 60% in the last half century. So what’s motivating those of us still choosing to say I do? On her…
1 year, 9 months ago
BONUS: Kennedy Ryan's Recipe For Romance
Kennedy Ryan has released 23 romance books in the past decade, and along the way she's developed a style and approach that speaks to hundreds of thou…
1 year, 9 months ago
Retrieved: What Egg Donors Want You To Know (Revisited)
Egg donation in the U.S. is a multibillion dollar industry with high stakes and complicated dynamics. Anita talks with two egg donors about why they …
1 year, 9 months ago