Tag: Harms

Florida’s “Don’t Say Period” Law Harms Girls

My grandmother told me that when she became pregnant with my mother, her new husband, my biological grandfather Bob Roberts, brought her some tea and told her, “Drink this, you won’t have to worry about the baby.” Fortunately for both my mother and me, she realized what he meant...

How Whiteness Harms White People in the Workplace

I must first of all say that I’m grateful to have alternative ways to publish my writing. In some publications, a title like the one I chose for this piece would likely be censored or edited, and I imagine I would receive pushback for it. That’s why I felt like Medium was the b...