Your Boobs Are Yours Alone

“The reality is that there’s really just one, maybe two, ways that society expects boobs to look, and that expectation leaves the majority of people with boobs feeling alienated in their bodies.”

guestGuest ZhaiJuly 25, 2019guest, guest post, zhai, boobs, shirt

“Instruments of Death, of Mutilation, of Disease”: the Lessons of the Dalkon Shield

The violent history of IUDs you never knew.

alexAlexJune 27, 2019alex, contraceptives, dalkonshield

Feminist Sounds: "Tommy Genesis" by Tommy Genesis

“From her position as a queer/bi woman of color, Tommy absorbs, rather than deflects, objectifying discourses and infuses them with her desires until they are entirely her own.”

alexAlexMay 21, 2019alex, feministsounds, fe, tommygenesis

“Jellyfish Babies”

On Colonialism, Environmental Degradation, and Reproductive Toxicity in the Marshall Islands

alexAlexApril 22, 2019nucleartesting, marshallislands, environmentaljustice, alex

An Abbreviated History of Abortion Access in the U.S.

Now we can play a fun game called “which decade of the 1800s will Brett Kavanaugh propel us back to.”

gretaGretaMarch 29, 2019abortion, reproductivejustice, history Comment

Heroes: Charlotta Bass

Charlotta Bass was the first Black woman to own a US newspaper publication, but she did more than just that! Read on for another installation in our Heroes series!

tayaTayaMarch 13, 2019taya, heroes

FYI: Why You Need to Read Cheryl Strayed's “Tiny Beautiful Things” Today

Cecilia’s Uterish Book Club Pick of the Month (Long Edit).

Subscribe to our newsletter to see our picks every month!

Guest CeciliaFebruary 27, 2019uterishbookclub, cherylstrayed, dearsugar, guest, guestcecilia

Black Deaths Matter: #BlackLivesMatter and True Crime Storytelling

“True crime stories are bound up in the white supremacist narratives of innocence and guilt that allow the murder and imprisonment of black and brown folks every day.”

Thumbnail gif by @LauraSalaberry

alexAlexFebruary 13, 2019alex, truecrime, blacklivesmatter

A Peek into the Life of an OB/GYN Nurse

Taya had the honor of interviewing a nurse who specializes in obstetrics and childbirth to provide a better understanding of what their work entails.

tayaTayaJanuary 30, 2019taya, interview, nurse

Heroes: Isabel Moya

Isabel Moya was a disabled, Cuban, feminist whose journalistic work integrated the axes of gender and disability in contemporary news issues.

alexAlexJanuary 16, 2019alex, heroes

Uterish Book Club Picks of the Year 2018

Welcome to our full round-up of each book we selected and wrote about on our monthly newsletter in 2018!

alex, gretaAlex and GretaDecember 31, 2018alex, greta, theprovocateur, uterishbookclub

The Exploitation of Breast Cancer Patients during “Pinktober”

We need to prioritize breast cancer patients and survivors, not their body parts.

Image of Ericka Hart from It’s Nice That

tayaTayaNovember 29, 2018

Feminist Sounds: La Reyna y La Real

Alex writes about La Reyna y La Real, two feminist rappers she met in Havana!

alexAlexOctober 30, 2018feministsounds, alex, raperas

Never Trust a TERF

Not everyone who calls themself a feminist deserves the label.

gretaGretaSeptember 18, 2018 Comments

Feminist Sounds: Janelle Monáe's "Dirty Computer"

Welcome to the dystopian, yet hopeful, world of Jane 57821. And remember, you are a dirty computer.

alexAlexAugust 27, 2018feministsounds, alex

Junot Díaz Kept His Job

What the #MeToo movement has meant for the men who haven’t been held accountable, and what it means for the rest of us.

gretaGretaAugust 10, 2018

Racial Rhetoric in the Pro-Life Movement

“Essentially, to argue that being pro-choice is the modern equivalent of being pro-slavery, is to make the issue of abortion seem morally unquestionable.”

Guest MollyJuly 22, 2018