Why Women Hate the Pill
What birth control teaches us about the failure—and future—of women’s health care
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Why We Need Community Now More than Ever
Isolation might be as unhealthy as smoking. Why aren’t we taking connection more seriously?
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How Quebec Fell in Love with Documentary Theatre
Would you watch a play about hydro electricity? How about the dairy industry?
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Growing Up Trans
When do children know their true gender?
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Will New Tech End the Need for Human Pregnancy?
We are five to ten years from a partial artificial womb for humans, according to estimates
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What Does “Defence” Really Mean?
The United Nations prohibits the use of force except in the case of self-defence—but that can too easily be moulded into a euphemism for retaliation, revenge, and punishment
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The Case for Never Reading the Book Jacket
I don’t want to be told what’s going to happen and I definitely don’t want to be told what the book is “about”
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Why the Opioid Crisis Is Rooted in the Housing Crisis
A prevalent narrative asserts that the tents, the despair, the not waking up are about mental illness and addiction. That narrative crumbles after the first questions
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Body and Soul
Dan was the most physical person I knew. Then he broke his neck
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