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I pick out my produce carefully: Fresh organic lettuce. Tomatoes ripened on the vine. A bag of sweetened dried cranberries. I go through my basket, checking, double-checking, that I have everything I need.

At home, I pull out the chopping…

Tuesday was International Women’s Day, a global celebration of women, and a time to reflect on the progress of women’s political, economic and social rights around the world.

Who are the historical or mythical female heroes in our “frei” movement?…

I witnessed an interesting exchange a few years ago, that has since stuck with me as a powerful lesson in parenting, femininity and re-evaluating one’s assumptions:

I was at a nude hot springs, in the mountains in middle of nowhere.…

I am lucky.

In the morning, I wake up with a feeling like a hangover: heavy, sluggish, uncomfortable. During the day, the same, plus soreness in my breasts, occasional stings like a needle through my nipple, and the pain of…

Our fetuses’ sex was determined upon conception, but its genitals are not yet detectable to the human eye – although they have begun to form, tiny promises budding on a creature the size of a small strawberry (always in fruit,…