policy
We Need Federal Legislation Against Campus Sexual Violence in Canada
As long as rape culture exists, it may be impossible to create perfect survivor-focused policies. However, unlike with Title IX, Canada should create federal policies that prioritize on making sure campus is a safer place for survivors, rather than questioning their experiences.
Testing, Testing: All About Getting Tested for STIs
What does STI testing involve? How do you do it? Where? When? What do you do with your results? We answer all these questions and more to help demystify testing so you can take care of you and yours with less stress and more confidence.
Hell Is In Poland: Pregnancy, Power and Protest
Ida Covcin talks about growing up in Poland and what that meant for her ideas about and experiences with sex and possible pregnancy, and participating in the powerful abortion bans that have taken place there over the last few years.
Impurity Culture: Learning to Support Reproductive Rights When Your Religion Doesn't
Hello. I’m glad you’re here. I first just want you to know that I see you. I see you showing up here and maybe elsewhere, trying to learn, being open to new information and being willing to change and to grow. Intelligence, Stephen Hawking famously reminded us, is the ability to adapt to change. You’re smart, you’re doing your best and I believe in you.
I know what it’s like to go your whole life being told one thing is true only to find out that actually, it isn’t. That’s happened to me so many times, on so many different topics, I’ve lost count. I know what it’s like to feel angry and disillusioned.
I felt angry and disillusioned, too, when I began to realize that what I had been told about abortion was a lie.
We Won't Let Anyone Slip Through the Holes in the Grates
A young writer powerfully talks about what it's felt like to experience some of the blatant and painful anti-trans bias and rights violations of the Trump administration.
Rebel Well: Why We Made This Guide
Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults: A letter from Heather about why we've created this guide.
Rebel Well: for those suffering harassment online, at school or at work
Rebel Well: a Starter Survival Guide to a Trumped America for Teens and Emerging Adults: anti-harassment help, actions and planning.