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I’m 35 & don’t want kids —but I had to fight my doctor to get a hysterectomy

Jane Halpern

Getting married means that my Pakistani parents have to bribe my new in-laws

Sofia Syed

Here’s why your gyno wishes you’d leave your pubic hair alone

Tatyana Zinger

A dark-haired woman in a red dress in a graduation cap.

Here’s the graduation advice nobody will ever tell you

Laila Alawa
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Here’s why I finally lost my undying obsession for DDLJ

Iqra Khan
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My friend died by suicide. I wish someone had listened to her.

Minahil Shahid

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The history of nonbinary genders is longer than you know

Meg Leach

Golden Globe winner Ramy Youssef on disrupting Hollywood’s Muslim stereotypes – and what really keeps him going

Aysha Qamar
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The Hate U Give paints a clear picture of police racism in America

Sana Panjwani

Two women are lying in bed looking at each intensely. One has her arm outstretched, cupping the face of the other.

15 LGBTQIA+ tropes that need to be retired yesterday

Zoe Marquedant
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“The Nightingale” shows us that war heroes aren’t always men

Izza Malik
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Why the world needs to embrace health care tourism

Sharlene Gandhi