Honest, youth-written reflections on health, voice and growing up: medical dismissal, body literacy, culture, identity and everything in between.
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
the auntie network
how wisdom passes through kitchens, car rides, and late-night DMs.
“the teacher said no”
how classrooms become the first place girls learn their bodies are “too much.”
the appointment clock
why seven minutes isn’t long enough for a girl to tell her story.
words we don’t translate
how missing words in CALD communities shape silence, stigma, and health literacy.
girls in sport: invisible barriers
men called their ignorance our biological disadvantage.
body literacy through generations
stories of silence, whispers, wisdom, and change passed from women to girls
the myth of the “dramatic girl”
a heck of a title slapped onto girls for simply feeling
on research & resplendence
a reflection on female health, and the disparity in the research of bodies left unwritten
the waiting room effect
a reflection on the sterile lights and caging walls of a waiting room.
