Genevieve Pfeiffer is the executive editor of Anomaly, an international journal of literature and art. She teaches literature at Westchester Community College and Pace University, and has facilitated workshops with both young children, and incarcerated women. Pfeiffer has been the writer in residence at The Platte-Clove Preserve and The Mall of Found. Recently, she was selected to participate in The Home School conference. Her work has been published in journals that include So to Speak: feminism + language + art, Crack the Spine, Stone Canoe, BlazeVox, and The Write Room. Genevieve is grateful for trees.
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I Stopped Taking Birth Control In the Midst of Reproductive Rights Uncertainty
The reasons a person who chooses to get or not an abortion or use or not use birth control are varied. For many the choice is not even there. The legislation may currently there in some cases but the opportunity is not. Although abortions are currently legal, there are still a multitude of reasons an individual does not have access to the procedure. There many be women who wish they could be on birth control but can’t.
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Witchy World Roundup - October 2016
Joanna C. Valente is a human who lives in Brooklyn, New York. She is the author of Sirs & Madams (Aldrich Press, 2014), The Gods Are Dead (Deadly Chaps Press, 2015), Marys of the Sea (forthcoming 2016, ELJ Publications) & Xenos (forthcoming 2017, Agape Editions). She received her MFA in writing at Sarah Lawrence College. She is also the founder of Yes, Poetry, as well as the managing editor for Luna Luna Magazine. Some of her writing has appeared in Prelude, The Atlas Review, The Feminist Wire, BUST, Pouch, and elsewhere. She also leads workshops at Brooklyn Poets.
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The Guide Every Woman Needs About Menstruation & Birth Control
So, women are supposed to be experts in all things feminine related, right? Wrong. Most women are completely ignorant about their bodies, and that's a crying shame. Sometimes, the facts women receive themselves are outdated, which perpetuates false knowledge that people build their entire lives around. For example, the idea that one in three women ages 35 to 39 will not become pregnant after a year of trying is based on French birth records from 1670 to 1830. The world has changed since then.
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