Mental Health

This fact sheet includes nine concrete strategies to remove the structural racism that worsens Black birthing people's mental health.

How does feminism contribute to body image across generations? A new study by Analisa Arroyo reveals the powerful influence of how we feel about our own bodies.

Amelia Risinit explains why women’s mental health is -- and should be -- an intersectional feminist issue.

Fariha Róisín discusses how she worked through feelings of shame around her abortion experience.

Jill Damatac reflects on how immigration shaped her mental health and that of her Filipinx family.

This March of Dimes article discusses conditions that may result in the loss of a pregnancy or a newborn, health disparities in pregnancy loss, and helpful tips for coping with loss.

UN Women explains what the manosphere is and how it harms us by leading to online harassment, damaging mental health, and contributing to extremist violence.

Feminist therapy has become more intersectional and inclusive since its emergence in the 1960s. But its radical core principles remain, as it works to undo the harms of patriarchy to our mental health and development.

Here are helpful strategies for taking care of our mental health in the face of society's sexism and bias against women.

Indigenous activist Gloria Lucas discusses how state violence contributes to disordered eating in undocumented and indigenous communities.

Shweta Kapoor, MD, PhD, discusses medications, therapies, and other treatment options that can help us cope and heal after sexual trauma, as well as how partners can care supportively for survivors of sexual abuse.

Therapist Alishia McCullough analyzes why disordered eating is severely under-diagnosed in people of color like herself.