Honest, youth-written reflections on health, voice and growing up: medical dismissal, body literacy, culture, identity and everything in between.
“what do i even say?”: calling a helpline for the first time
The hardest part is the first ten seconds. Here's what actually happens after someone picks up.
“can you just tell the doctor?”: when young people become the family interpreter
Plenty of us have translated a diagnosis for a parent before we could legally drive. There is a free service built so we don't hav
the green card in your wallet: getting your own medicare card at 15
Nobody tells you that one of the most useful health tools you can own becomes available in Year 9 or 10.
everyone is talking about the cornell 7. here’s what actually happened.
120 pages of her words. A six-page statement on the prosecutor's desk. And a question young women everywhere already know: who get
“Dear 14-Year-Old Me…”
On learning the language for your body before the world convinces you to stay quiet.
what doctors could learn from listening to young people
I don’t think most doctors are trying to dismiss young people.
living in limbo: school, friends, wellbeing, identity, and discovery.
There is a particular stage of life that rarely receives a clear name.
shame: the 10th “inside out” emotion.
In Pixar’s Inside Out, emotions are personified as bright, expressive characters living inside the mind. Joy, Sadness, Anger, Fe
the pressure to be “strong”
Strength is one of those words that sounds unquestionably good.
the importance of youth voices in health policy
For many young people, health policy is something that exists somewhere far away.
“i don’t know how to explain it”
when our youth can’t find the words for their health