Gabriella Griffith - The Persistent

Still from Jane Austen's Period Drama. Close up of Miss Estrogenia, wearing a wicker bonnet. In the foreground is a shoulder clad in red velvet (p. In the background are rolling green hills.

Film and TV

So Long Ick Factor!

An Oscar-nominated short shows moviemakers are getting more comfortable showing periods in films.

Illustration. A woman sits in the fetal position in a room full of giant, open, glowing laptops.

AI

‘Don’t Pretend You Don’t Love It’—The Dark, Misogynistic Underside of AI

From biased chatbots to sexist and aggressive avatars, AI already comprises a whole set of tools capable of harassing and harming women.

An illustration of three pregnant women holding interventional medical devices and medicines

Reproductive Health

How Do We Make Birth Better?

Little has changed in the way we bring humans into the world since the popularization of the cesarean section in the 1960s. It’s 2025. What is going on?

Film and TV

Oh, Creators of Peppa Pig, Did You Have To?

For many people, pregnancy announcements are a joyous thing, but when you’re struggling to conceive, they really are not.

A stylized illustration of three test tubes. There is also a tampon drawn to look like a test tube.

Reproductive Health

Menstrual Blood Is Having a Moment

When it comes to medical diagnoses and health markers, period blood is something of a superpower. We should leverage it.