- Article
- Article
How the slave trade’s medical legacies persist
Micha Frazer-Carroll, uncovers the historical links between enslavement and disability to better understand her family’s complex attitudes towards healthcare.
- Long read
- Long read
Letting go of IVF
Fertility treatment is physically and emotionally arduous, with no guarantees. Jessa Fairbrother describes her decision not to have IVF and the complexity of living with that choice.
- Article
- Article
Pregnancy, parenting, and embracing blindness
Amy Kavanagh, who is blind, shares the delight she feels in her young, sighted son, and her growing acceptance of the ways his experiences will differ from hers.
- Article
- Article
Disability, desire, and pleasure unlocked
Roxy Murray dives into the raw, intimate truths of sex and pleasure as a disabled person, sharing an unapologetic and explicit journey through her frustrations and desires.
- Short film
- Short film
Exploring Deaf space at London College of Fashion
In this British Sign Language (BSL) film, activist and architectural designer Christopher Laing outlines the five principles of Deaf space and shares his thoughts on identity and inclusive design.
- Article
- Article
Fashion, identity, and the need for community
Sinéad Burke’s love of fashion has driven her to campaign for change and, ultimately, establish a consultancy that aims to transform the way the industry includes and represents Disabled people.
- Article
- Article
Ballet, beauty, and the joy of wheelchair dance
Since childhood, Kate Stanforth has danced whenever and wherever she could. The only difference now is her wheelchair.
- Article
- Article
What are zines doing in a museum
On the face of it, zines and museums are not a good fit, but Lea Cooper argues, they have a lot to offer each other.
- Article
- Article
Left behind by workplace wellbeing
Having experienced bouts of serious mental illness, Caroline Butterwick discovers that the new world of workplace wellbeing schemes fails to mitigate discrimination against people like her.
- In pictures
- In pictures
Cola’s complicated roots
How one of the most famous soda drinks in the world got its name from a traditional West African delicacy.
- Photo story
- Photo story
Nothing without kola
Yaw Afrim Gyebi travels through Ghana to meet the people who grow and use kola nut for its many practical and symbolic purposes.
- Photo story
- Photo story
Kola nuts, close up
Yaw Afrim Gyebi explores the physical characteristics of the kola nut and its medicinal properties, which evolve throughout its life cycle.
- Book extract
- Book extract
Finding the clitoris among the flowers
In this abridged extract from Helen King’s book ‘Immaculate Forms’, she unfurls the floral imagery historical writers used to refer to the clitoris.
- Article
- Article
No more dumplings
Jaydee Seaforth charts her journey from eating her favourite, flavourful Caribbean foods to the restrictive blandness of an IBS-friendly diet.
- Article
- Article
The personal cost of mental illness
Laura Grace Simpkins is tired of hearing how much her mental ill health costs the country. What about how much it costs her?
- Photo story
- Photo story
Living with ME
Nine people with ME reveal their unremitting struggles as they negotiate life with their illness, including their battles to be believed, diagnosed and supported.
- Article
- Article
The stuck tampon
Dorothée King was on holiday when she experienced the awkward, uncomfortable and panicky situation all tampon users dread.
- Photo story
- Photo story
‘Yes I am’ – voices of autistic women from minoritised communities
Rosie Barnes showcases the powerful voices of autistic women from minoritised communities as they talk about the specific and complex challenges they face.
- Article
- Article
A creative collaboration with compulsion
Discover how artist Liz Atkin has channelled the compulsion to pick her skin into an imaginative outlet for her feelings.
- Comic
- Comic
My backstory
A more vulnerable exposé on my dermatillomania.
- Comic
- Comic
Mom's solution
Mother may well know best in this case.
- Comic
- Comic
Walk it off
When skin picking really is a disorder and interferes with life.
- Comic
- Comic
Voyage
The root of picking really is just skin deep.
- Comic
- Comic
Rod with a prod
You’ve got a friend in Rod.
- Comic
- Comic
The upsides of dermatillomania
Everything needs a silver lining.