from the Center for Investigative Reporting July 29, 2019
Quartz, February 2015
MORE ON HEALTH/POWER
Four Ways to Fix the Vaccine Rollout: Don’t Pressure the Vaccine Hesitant
The New York Times, January 2021
Our C-Section Rate Won’t Budge. Is it because we don’t trust women’s hormones?
Pacific Standard, March 2015
Because It Feels Right: Do we worry too much about the science of breastfeeding?
Pacific Standard, December 2013
Will This Pill Fix Your Sex Life?
Newsweek, April 2013
Are Pregnant Women Second Class Citizens?
Alternet, January 2013
How To Scare Women
Slate, July 2012
Jailed for a Suicide Attempt
The Daily Beast, April 2011
Unnecessary Measures: The pH Balancing Tampon Scam
Jezebel, April 2011
Warning: Orgasm, Inc. Will Leave You Hot and Bothered
Time, February 2011
Birth as Performance Art?
The Daily Beast, October 2011
Heart Disease Poses Surprising New Threat to Moms
The Daily Beast, June 2011
Shortcuts
The Walrus, March 2011
Facebook and Milk Sharing
Time, November 2010
“Too Many Women Dying in U.S.”
Time, March 2010
The Other Side of Surrogacy
Babble, April 2009
Deconstructing the “Home Birth Debate”
Babble, August 2009
Where’s the Birth Plan?
Rewire, July 2009
The Backlash to Breast is Best
Babble, April 2009
Baby Kaboom (On Octuplets and Family Values)
The Guardian, February 2009
Can We Please Stop Blaming Women for C-sections?
Rewire, January, 2009
Midwives Deliver
Los Angeles Times, December 2008
Big Medicine’s Blowback on Home Births
Los Angeles Times, July 2008
Childbirth in England — It’s Shocking!
Huffington Post, October 2007
The C-section Epidemic
Los Angeles Times, September 2007
Pro-choice, Pro-midwife
Huffington Post, July 2007
How Women Become Mothers
Huffington Post, May 2007
FROM THE ARCHIVES
Since When Is Bicycling a Crime?
Plenty, 2006
Why the Faith Trade is Interested in the Sex Trade
Conscience, 2004
Street Sweeping
Village Voice, 2003
Emergency Landing
Village Voice, 2002
Gimme a V-I-C-T-I-M!
Salon, 2001