Undercover Colors and Good2Go are technological tattletales. Both are designed to tell the truth about an encounter, with the objectivity and dispassion of a database or a chemical reaction. Tattletale solutions make sense only if we see rape, fundamentally, as … Continue reading
Following up on Ula Klein’s last contribution, yet another online forum in which women are subject to undue harassment: online dating sites. It would be ridiculous if a stranger showed you his penis in a bar and didn’t suffer repercussions. … Continue reading
Following up on Ula Klein’s last contribution, yet another online forum in which women are subject to undue harassment: online dating sites. It would be ridiculous if a stranger showed you his penis in a bar and didn’t suffer repercussions. … Continue reading
A reader brings this to my attention with a request I share it with the rest of our readership: Recently, eight Iranian women have had acid thrown in their faces under the pretext of “mal-veiling”. This kind of attack is … Continue reading
By Françoise Baylis (Dalhousie University), co-guest editor of the issue together with Jocelyn Downie (Dalhousie University) Medical travel, and more specifically transnational reproductive travel, is a burgeoning practice—and an ethically controversial one because it so clearly capitalizes on differences in … Continue reading
By Françoise Baylis (Dalhousie University), co-guest editor of the issue together with Jocelyn Downie (Dalhousie University) Medical travel, and more specifically transnational reproductive travel, is a burgeoning practice—and an ethically controversial one because it so clearly capitalizes on differences in … Continue reading
By Leah D. Smith (Director of Public Relations, Little People of America) and Joseph A. Stramondo (Assistant Teaching Professor, Health Administration Department, Drexel University College of Nursing and Health Professions) A middle-aged man who decided to commute to work through … Continue reading
I look back on all my strenuous efforts, because I really did try, I tried hard to be a man, to be a good man, and I see how I failed at that. I am at best a bad man. … Continue reading
By Françoise Baylis (Dalhousie University) In 2012, the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM) lifted the experimental designation on human egg freezing. At this time, it was careful to indicate that freezing technology should not to be used for elective … Continue reading
Malala Yousafzai first came to my attention when a friend posted a link to a video of an interview she gave on The Daily Show. He is someone for whose intellect and soundness of judgment I have great respect, and … Continue reading
Malala Yousafzai first came to my attention when a friend posted a link to a video of an interview she gave on The Daily Show. He is someone for whose intellect and soundness of judgment I have great respect, and … Continue reading
In case anyone could use a little dose of humor (or — hey! — the opportunity to donate to a fine cause): Yesterday, Sarah Silverman helped launch a crowdfunding campaign, The Equal Payback Project, to raise $30 trillion. Yes, you … Continue reading