YWCA

Issue 21: Fall 2012


Features

Mad Movement

Mad people's organizing promotes alternatives to the medical system  

Our Bodies, Our Rights

Reproductive justice is about more than choice  

Rethinking Disability in Media

Deconstructing damaging images by making your own  


Quick Reads

  Editor's Letter
  Contributors
  Letters
  Re-writing history, dissent at Art Dubai, rad nuns
  Native Youth Sexual Health Network
  Five Shameless things to do
  Meet the Fat Nutritionist
  Introducing a cool Shameless reader

Columns and Departments

  Should you snitch on a friend?
  What are my rights in the mental health system?
  Make your own medical decisions
  How to raise a daughter
  Fight fat-shaming campaigns
  Environmental toxins lurk in your makeup
  Try out a sports tryout

Arts and Culture

  The IZZAT Project
  Good self-care
  What we're saying online
  A.K. Prince's video poem
  Food mindfulness
  Chocolate pear crumble
  The right to wear a hijab in sports
  Texting for sexual health
  Books, music, zines, websites
  The Sunday Night Sex Show
  By Coco Riot