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Thicker than Blood: Menstruation education powers confidence and community
"Thicker than Blood: Menstruation education powers confidence and community" is J. Faith Malicdem's senior journalism capstone project about the lack of menstruation education and the dire need for it. The story is driven by the lack of access to menstrual healthcare, which stems back to the lack of menstrual education in schools and at home, which then results in harmful misconceptions and stereotypes about periods. Just like menstruation, it is a cycle.
The story kicks off with Shayzari K., a 21-year-old self-proclaimed student of life with undiagnosed endometriosis who has struggled and continues to struggle to access healthcare as a Black non-binary person. Chris Bobel, a Professor of Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies at UMass Boston and retired menstrual researcher then explains the importance of menstruation education and the consequences of its absence – stereotyping, stigma, miseducation, etc. Love Your Menses Co-Founder and Director Bria Gadsden then shares the Boston-based nonprofit's mission of teaching menstruators to be in tune with their cycles unapologetically. Finally, Leiya Silveira, a 15-year-old Love Your Menses Youth Ambassador and her mother, Fabienne Eliacin, Love Your Menses Program Coordinator, share their experiences learning and working for the nonprofit.
A photo and editorial project for Index Magazine, Emerson College's Fashion Society publication. A series of interviews examining inner-child healing as a form of psychotherapy, overcoming childhood trauma, and growing into oneself. Interviews with a clinical psychotherapist, a student, an Adult Child of Alcholics, and Jo’s grandmother.
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Education at a Glance:
Boston, MA vs. Dallas, TX
The number of degrees awarded to students of color in Boston, MA is significantly lower than that of students in Dallas, TX. With higher academic institutions on practically every corner of Boston, one would think that it is likely for there to be more room for diversity in said institutions. However it is important to first take into account the general racial makeup of either city.
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In approaching Tableu and my first chart, I intended to emphasize the differences in time by making each category a shape of some sort, then by enlarging or minimizing said shape depending on the time.
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