Hymen Headaches A Cultural Obsession With Virginity Is Keeping Women from Using Menstrual Cups, Tampons A tampon is not a penis. By Rituparna Chatterjee
Log Kya Kahenge? Fear Of ‘What Will People Say?’ Is Driving Up India’s Suicide Rate Getting help isn't something to be embarrassed about. By Arya Punj Timblo
Move Over Myers-Briggs Science Has Identified Four New Personality Types. Which One Are You? Being 'a Carrie' doesn't count. By Liesl Goecker
Pasta For Two Eating a Lot of Gluten During Pregnancy May Increase Kids’ Diabetes Risk That doesn't mean you should go gluten-free, though. By The Swaddle Team
From The Mouths of Babes German Kids Are Protesting Their Parents’ Smartphone Use But it could happen anywhere. By Anubhuti Matta
One Last Chance Humans Are Wired to Forgive — Which Can Be a Problem Giving the benefit of the doubt can keep us in bad relationships. By The Swaddle Team
Navratri Nookie Protesters of Salman Khan’s ‘Loveratri’ Are Just Mad The Film Let Out Their Dirty Little Secret Everyone knows what actually happens during Navratri. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Closing The Gender Gap The Advent of AI Might Make ‘Women’s Work’ More Valuable As AI takes over task-based jobs, real people will turn to jobs that require empathy, care. By Katharine McKinnon, The Conversation
The Bigger Picture The Dehradun Boarding School Gang Rape Is Outrageous. It’s Also Part of a Trend. Institutions that protect violent men can be found from Hollywood to Uttrakhand. By Liesl Goecker
Rethinking The Law Family Law Reform Moves Away from a Uniform Civil Code — But Toward Gender Equality That is, if the government decides to implement the Law Commission's recommendations. By Flavia Agnes
Chill Out Bed Rest During Pregnancy Is a Common Prescription, But Does It Actually Help? Doctors say it's more about risk mitigation than actual treatment. By Anubhuti Matta
Horror Story There Might Be Soot in Your Placenta Researchers are uncovering how air pollution reaches babies before they're born. By The Swaddle Team
Hiding In Plain Sight Meet The Women Disrupting Bollywood A make-up artist, a stunt woman, and a film critic expose the reality behind the glam. By Gayatri Rangachari Shah & Mallika Kapur
Swing and A Miss The 2018 Emmys’ Attempt to Reckon With #MeToo Was Painful to Watch Mainly because it didn't even really try. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
You're Not Alone 2017 Was the Most Miserable Year in a Decade, Says a Global Poll A global poll shows we were all stressed and worried -- but also somehow happy. By Anubhuti Matta
A Different Lens ‘Love Sonia’ Will Leave You Haunted But Unmoved by a Woman’s Pain When women aren't allowed to own their narratives, the violence against them is simply spectacle. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Safe Space India’s First Gender‑Neutral Hostel Must Be the First of Many Eventually, every space should be gender neutral. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Squeaky Clean Household Disinfectants May Put Kids At Risk for Obesity Looks like we were meant to have a little dirt in our lives. By The Swaddle Team
Check Up We Surveyed 1100 Women. 75% Say Their Gynacs Haven’t Discussed HPV or Pap Smears With Them. This is inexcusable. By Liesl Goecker
If Looks Could Kill More Evidence Your Beauty Products Are Trying to Kill You Au naturel never looked so good. By Anubhuti Matta
Motherhood Tax "Parenthood penalizes all women, particularly those who are on high incomes, and sets them on a trajectory of lower lifetime earnings relative to their male peers." Read More
Lady Pain "There is an underlying belief that women are emotional, women exaggerate - [that] women, especially young women, are not tolerant of pain.” Read More
Yours Only The Rage, and Fear and Failure of Single‑Parenting The spotlight is unforgiving. By Praveena Shivram
The Buzz Cut Implanted Chokers and Bio‑Heels: The Future of Fashion Is Straight‑Up Sci‑Fi Plus, South Korea's 'loner' culture. By The Swaddle Team
Buzz Off ‘Natural’ Mosquito Repellents Not Necessarily Safe, Non‑Toxic They contain compounds that should be used with caution. By Anubhuti Matta
Swipe Left Forever Want a Divorce? Tech Makes It Easier Technology won't judge your choices. By Anubhuti Matta
public health crisis 40% of Women Who Commit Suicide Globally Are Indian. Most of Them Are Married. Is there something about marriage that's driving Indian women to suicide? By Anubhuti Matta
MIA Fan Bingbing’s Disappearance Drags Us Further Into The Dystopia The Chinese star has been missing for months. By Nadia Nooreyezdan
Killing It You’re Probably Making a Better First Impression Than You Think You really didn't blather on that much. By Angelina Shah
Spotting The Signs Depressed Children Are Six Times More Likely to Also Have Poor Social, Academic Skills Recognizing depression in kids often requires parent-teacher cooperation. By Liesl Goecker
Off The Chart Even Small Elevations in Blood Sugar Level During Pregnancy Can be a Long‑Term Problem An argument to officially redefine gestational diabetes. By Liesl Goecker
Playing It Safe Will the Government’s Women Safe City Project Really Make Women Safe? It's a good plan -- with one giant flaw. By Anubhuti Matta
Stuff No One Talks About IVF Can Bring Anger, Guilt, Defeat Before the ‘Good News’ "All I feel is a sense of loss of something I never had, emptiness, and I am always seething anger." By Anubhuti Matta
High And Dry GoI Defends Navy’s Right to Bar Women from At‑Sea Careers 'But they can become Navy teachers instead!' By Liesl Goecker
