The Stigma surrounding The Pill
The pill is a hormone capsule taken daily by more than 3.1 million women in England. While it is often used as a contraceptive, it is...
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Feb 26, 20211 min read
Fighting mental health stigma
Despite significant advances made in the understanding of mental health, mental health problems are still stigmatised. There are many...
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Feb 23, 20211 min read
"I Know You're Feeling..."
Many teenagers have spent an entire year of their adolescent life indoors, under restrictions, and isolated. There's no question that the...
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Feb 22, 20212 min read
TikToxic
Cyberbullying is not anything new but TikTok has brought to life an entirely new breed of online harassment and turned it into an art...
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Feb 16, 20211 min read
All the kids are depressed
Teenagers are taught to keep their heads down and get through it. Teachers, even parents will just tell you to get through these years...
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Feb 5, 20211 min read
What is Neurodiversity?
Neurodiversity is a frequently used term, but what exactly does it mean? In simple terms, neurodiversity is the concept that our brains...
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Dec 3, 20202 min read
The Issues with the Body Positivity Movement
The body positivity movement emphasises all bodies being beautiful and healthy, but puts so much value on women’s’ appearance. Everyone...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
Representation or Ableism?
Singer-songwriter Sia has come under fire for the trailer of her new film “Music” - a movie about autism, but without an autistic lead...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
IVF and the postcode lottery
As many as 1 in 7 couples will experience infertility at some point in their lives, making fertility treatments essential for many to...
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Nov 29, 20202 min read
MENtal health
The system of patriarchy encourages power, political leadership, and authority to be the primary responsibilities of men. Patriarchal...
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Oct 24, 20201 min read
When Positivity Turns Toxic
Positivity (as an outlook on life) is great, and surrounding yourself with it can be rewarding, but did you know that positivity can turn...
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Oct 17, 20201 min read
An Artery Amazement - The Evolutionary Epiphany
Human beings have evolved from bacteria to the amazing creatures we are today and have adapted to our surroundings. What does our...
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Oct 5, 20202 min read
Health ≠ value
So often, huge conflations between health and value are being made, both by fat-phobic people as well as members of the “body positive”...
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Sep 19, 20201 min read
How much Testosterone is too much?
Caster Semenya is a South African two-time Olympic gold medalist and two-time world gold medalist. Semenya’s sex is female, which is what...
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Sep 19, 20202 min read
Why is Autism Under-Diagnosed in Girls?
There exists a popular misconception that autism is less common in girls than boys, and the fuel behind this myth lies in the fact that...
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Sep 6, 20201 min read
Physical and Mental Health - Bridging the gap
The distinction between mental health and physical health dates back to the 17th century when philosopher Descartes proposed his dualist...
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Aug 23, 20202 min read
How Can We Be More Autism Friendly?
Those who are on the autism spectrum take in sensory information in a different way than neurotypical people do, and the quantity of...
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Aug 17, 20201 min read
Ableism In The Workplace
‘Ableism’ is the discrimination and prejudice of people with disabilities. We often think disabilities are limited to physical...
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Aug 5, 20202 min read
Stop infantilizing people with autism
Have you ever been infantilized- talked down to and treated condescendingly, as if you were younger than you actually are? Then you must...
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Aug 1, 20201 min read
The effects of Loneliness
As we have evolved, we have become more reliant on social interactions as a survival mechanism; however, it will become no surprise that...
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