Young people across the country are struggling. These mentors are working to help. Read my full story at Shondaland. There’s no question about it — the pandemic has taken a tremendous toll on young people around the world. According to a recent study by the CDC, […]
Check out my full post on The Candidly. There your purchases may earn The Candidly commission. Here they earn no commission (and I bought every single one of these products myself). Makeup can be amazing, or it can bring you to tears. But, as someone […]
Ling grew up watching television and says she thought it was the best way to a better life. It led her to journalism. Read my full interview with Lisa Ling at Shondaland. In the ongoing Shondaland series Head Turners, we meet interesting women from every […]
Read my story over at Shondaland. “The Atlantic” staff writer Clint Smith argues that in order for America to move forward and avoid mistakes and atrocities of our past, we have to find a way to atone for them in the present Author, poet, Ph.D., […]
Read the full story at Shondaland. Following Tuesday’s historic midterm elections — a test of America’s democracy and its ability to heal after the January 6 attacks on the Capitol — the outcome is still unclear. Control of Congress hangs in the balance as votes […]
Some of us are lucky and start to feel more powerful as we age. Some of us aren’t, and things just kind of cool and diminish in the bedroom. Sometimes it is literally just the stage of life/work/kids/health – and 99% of the time, it’s […]
My skin and I have been at odds since age 13. As a lifelong swimmer, continually exposed to massive doses of chlorine and sun, my skin has always been what most dermatologists refer to as “combination”– that lovely effect of both peeling off and breaking […]
The leaked Supreme Court draft decision on abortion could foreshadow the dismantling of a variety of long-standing rights for women and the LGBTQ+ community. On May 2, in an unprecedented leak, a draft decision in the abortion case Dobbs v. Jackson ended up in the hands […]
The draft opinion that leaked from the Supreme Court on May 2 threatens to take away abortion rights from women around the country, but it’s about more than just the right to care for our bodies. Women’s right to choose what they do with their […]
A brief history of implicit bias and racism when it comes to treating women of color’s pain, and what we can do to stop it. By Abigail Bassett AUG 26, 2021 From maternal mortality to breast cancer survival to mental health treatment, healthcare outcomes for women […]
Breast cancer outcomes are worse for Black women and women of color. We take a look at the causes and potential solutions.
Over the holidays, an old colleague of mine asked me to write a big online magazine for world-famous yoga instructor Donna Farhi and her MasterClass. I was honored to dig deep on the practice that I love so very much. Download the online magazine below […]