Sexual Violence Awareness Month: Highlighting the Importance of Self Love and Pleasure

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, and The Fem Word is exploring the role of pleasure and safety as a way for survivors to heal. One of our Fem Word interns is a Student Senator at UVM and one of the organizers of the University’s Sexual Assault Awareness Summit. Her insight and perspective are a valuable resource as we continue to discuss trauma and healing in a way that empowers assault survivors - while simultaneously accepting the reality of their trauma and the complexity that healing presents to us all.

One Of The Many: Opening Up About What It’s Like To Have Covid-19 As An Immunocompromised Young Adult

We’ve all felt the impact of Covid in our lives, in ways both large and small. As the pandemic continues it’s more important than ever to share and read the stories of those who have had the virus and emerged from it with new perspectives and views - including those views unique to America’s younger generations. In this piece, The Fem Word’s Avery Delacey opens up about her own fight with Covid as an immunocompromised young adult, and she shares her insights on what the experience has taught her.

College During Covid - A Conversation With The Fem Word Team

The majority of society may not pay much mind to the complaints college students have expressed lately in regard to the crisis, simply because everyone is experiencing some difference in their lives. College students are struggling in many more ways than simply being unable to attend class in person, however.