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‘Growing Up, I’d Hear ‘Depression Is For White People”: 6 Black Women on Mental Health Taboos

For many Black women who struggle with their mental health, taking care of themselves is still a political act.

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Running Is Great for Your Mood—But What If You Literally Can’t Get Off the Couch?

Countless articles and studies proclaim the benefits of running on mental health, but they forget one major impediment

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STI Rates Are on the Rise, So Why Aren’t Dental Dams More of a Thing?

Dams—rectangular strips of latex used during oral sex to help prevent STI transmission—are nowhere to be found in Canadian drugstores

People Need to Stop Policing What I Eat Because of My Body Size

A personal trainer once told me “You don’t need chips every night” and I avoided the grocery store for weeks. Here’s what I have to say to him now

Women Are Calling Out Instagram for Censoring Photos of Fat Bodies

The double standards are real

Gisele Bündchen Opens Up About Mental Health: “You Have No Idea What’s Really Going On”

Every time someone speaks out about mental illness, we all feel a little less alone

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“Our First Date Ended In the ER”—What It’s Like to Date with a Severe Food Allergy

Food allergies can make navigating sex and relationships a little, ahem, nutty, but they can also be a great way to open up the conversation about sex

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Jessi Cruickshank: Why I Don’t Want My Pre-Baby Body Back

She shared her pregnancy journey with FLARE, and now Jessi Cruickshank is getting real about what it’s *really* like to be a mom of twins in her new, no-filter motherhood column, “Holy Crap. I’m a Mom.” Here, her second dispatch, on learning to love her post-baby body