by Amy Rawlings | May 27, 2025 | Amy Rawlings, Healthcare
What is it? Period poverty refers to a lack of access to menstrual care due to financial deprivation. Despite common stereotypes that those without access to this vital healthcare is women from developing countries fleeing danger, the truth is it is right on our...
by Isobelle Castro | May 24, 2025 | Healthcare, Isobelle Castro
Katherine lives with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 (NF1), a rare genetic condition that causes tumours to grow on nerves throughout the body. She shares the realities of living with an often invisible illness and how she overcomes them. Hear her powerful story of strength,...
by Isobelle Castro | May 24, 2025 | Healthcare, Isobelle Castro
In this Draw My Life video, Ellie Colton shares her powerful journey living with endometriosis. From years of being dismissed by doctors to enduring debilitating pain that was constantly downplayed, her story highlights the ongoing struggle many women face to be...
by Darlynn Nab | May 23, 2025 | Abortion, Darlynn Nab, Healthcare
In Season 3 of The Handmaid’s Tale, Natalie, a pregnant Handmaid, collapses under the weight of constant state control. She’s declared brain dead, but Gilead refuses to let go. Machines keep her body running, not for her, but for the fetus within her....
by Emily Shenton | May 23, 2025 | Emily Shenton, Healthcare
Imagine a world where there is no pain. It’s hard to do right? Pain encompasses so much of the human experience; emotional, physical, and everything in between. It’s a powerful indicator. Physically, it tells us when something is wrong. So, pain should be...
by Isobelle Castro | May 23, 2025 | Healthcare, Isobelle Castro
Katherine has Neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), a genetic condition where tumours grow on the nerves and skin. There’s currently no cure for this disease. This causes tumours and nerves anywhere in the body, some visible, some internal. They are benign, but not...
