by heartwg@gmail.com | Jun 28, 2021 | Blog Posts, Building Safer Communities, Guest Bloggers
I sat on the bathroom counter, with lipstick smeared on my mouth and blush on my cheeks, perplexed by the boy in the mirror staring back at me. My hands trembled, rattling the bangles from my mother’s prized set, but the boy in the mirror fearlessly adorned the...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Feb 27, 2020 | Guest Bloggers, Repro/Pelvic Health, Sex Education
Photo by Bill Oxford on Unsplash by Kimya Forouzan On March 4th, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case called June Medical Services v. Russo. The case arises from a Louisiana law which requires abortion providers to obtain admitting privileges at...
by heartwg@gmail.com | May 12, 2019 | Guest Bloggers, Repro/Pelvic Health
The author of this poem has chosen to remain anonymous Day 7 and I find myself in a foggy cloud of worry. Discomfort. Restlessness. My headphones blast Allahu Allahu from my Ramadan playlist as I waddle off the airplane with my travel pillow in arm. My friend’s...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Jan 18, 2017 | Guest Bloggers
by Alia Azmat This morning I woke up, scrolled through my social media accounts, and found this. Curious and excited by the title, I wondered what this author had to say to someone like me. Then I read it. I read about how my biological clock is running out. I read...
by heartwg@gmail.com | Jun 24, 2016 | Guest Bloggers, Repro/Pelvic Health
by Shannon Staloch I’m always turning off lights at births. Sometimes, it’s comical. I’ll walk in to check on the mom, and the lights will be on, lamps, overhead lights, etc. As I leave, I shut them all off with the exception of a candle or two, or a soft lamp. An...
by heartwg@gmail.com | May 4, 2016 | Guest Bloggers, Sexual Violence
vocal.org.au by Henna Khawja, M.S.W. *Trigger warning: Following article includes the topic of sexual abuse and sexual assault I have often found myself wondering, “Why don’t people love their children just the way they are?” Individuals spend a lot of time...
