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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > menopause-older-women-aging-democracy-politics

A Letter to My Future Self in a Time of Undoing

A Letter to My Future Self in a Time of Undoing1+ hour, 36+ min ago   (767+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > peri-menopause-midlife-joy-black-queer-women

A Letter to My Future Self: Menopause, Joy and Black Queer Becoming

A Letter to My Future Self: Menopause, Joy and Black Queer Becoming1+ hour, 41+ min ago   (440+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > menopause-black-women-power-mental-health-poetry-holidays

Letters to My Future Self: Choosing Yourself Is the Turning Point

Letters to My Future Self: Choosing Yourself Is the Turning Point1+ hour, 51+ min ago   (588+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > midwifery-menopause-health

Midwifery Is for Menopause, Too

Midwifery Is for Menopause, Too1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (707+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > women-prison-jail-menopause-healthcare-air-conditioning-texas

‘We Will Not Disappear With Age’: An Incarcerated Journalist on Menopause Behind Bars

‘We Will Not Disappear With Age’: An Incarcerated Journalist on Menopause Behind Bars2+ hour, 1+ min ago   (462+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > queer-menopause-culture-trans-men-nonbinary-health-aging

Queering Menopause: A Conversation on Story, Power and Policy

Queering Menopause: A Conversation on Story, Power and Policy2+ hour, 6+ min ago   (1108+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > black-feminist-women-health-menopause-community

Iranti Ẹ̀jẹ̀ and Menopausal Mapping: How Black Womanist Cartographies Make People Into Place

Iranti Ẹ̀jẹ̀ and Menopausal Mapping: How Black Womanist Cartographies Make People Into Place2+ hour, 11+ min ago   (555+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/10/2026 > racism-menopause-black-women-research-science

The Incomplete Story of Menopause: Where Medical Racism, Patriarchy and White Empiricism Intersect

The Incomplete Story of Menopause: Where Medical Racism, Patriarchy and White Empiricism Intersect9+ hour, 46+ min ago   (370+ words) Menopause'and the conversations surrounding it'is having a moment: Celebrities are speaking out, a commercial marketplace is booming, and state legislatures have introduced a wave of reforms over the past year. But as public attention grows, so too must our scrutiny…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/09/2026 > independent-abortion-clinics

Independent Clinics Still Provide Most U.S. Abortions

Independent Clinics Still Provide Most U.S. Abortions16+ hour, 11+ min ago   (334+ words) 2025 was a year marked by attacks on reproductive freedom, including a staggering wave of forced Planned Parenthood closures. About 50 of Planned Parenthood's 600 locations had shut down by the end of 2025, largely due to the combined loss of Title X funds…...

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msmagazine.com > 02/09/2026 > bad-bunny-super-bowl-latino

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Was a Love Letter to Puerto Rico, the Americas and the Latino Diaspora

Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl Show Was a Love Letter to Puerto Rico, the Americas and the Latino Diaspora19+ hour, 19+ min ago   (416+ words) The show's imagery underscored layered histories of colonization and empire that resonated beyond the stadium. Bad Bunny's sugar cane plantation'with humans literally becoming the cane'blurred the lines between Puerto Rico's status as a U.S. territory acquired through the Spanish-American War in…...