If you've somehow come this far without thinking we've lost our collective mind, check out this statement from Icahn Med School at Mount Sinai about how students' "intersecting identities" and "commitment to social justice" qualify them to be physicians: “Diversity, equity and inclusion are important factors in our decision. We believe that the quality of medical students and future physicians is reflected in their lived experiences, intersecting identities, research accomplishments, commitment to social and racial justice...

I stopped taking the birth control pill recently. And I'm not alone.

In my latest for @nypost, I explored some of the shocking impacts the pill has on women's brains: (🧵)

nypost.com/2023/01/30/you… I, like so many girls my age, started taking the pill in my early teen years to treat acne.

But many of us are now questioning the effects taking exogenous hormones might have on our bodies, our brains, and our experience of the world.

As a journalist who has covered the medicalization of transgender children, I feel the need to respond to John Oliver’s segment on transgender rights from this past week. 🧵
Oliver strawmans his opponents by painting them as a bunch of conservatives who joke their pronouns are U/S/A. But there are many concerned onlookers, myself included, who respect the rights of transgender adults to live as they choose but worry about certain troubling trends.

My latest for @nypost tells the story of two detransitioners, @puddingpandan and @lacroicsz. Their stories are unbelievably powerful, and they're both so brave for speaking out. (🧵)

nypost.com/2022/06/18/det… I was initially hesitant to write about such a controversial topic (especially as a live-and-let-live libertarian), but after speaking to Chloe and Helena, it was clear these stories need to be told.

“I was failed by the system. I literally lost organs,” Chloe told me.