To My Immigrant Parents

The following post was written by Ojuswani Phogat, a third-year student at UMBC.  Positionality Statement: The letter below is a message from me to my immigrant parents. It is reflective of only their experiences and mine but is being shared with you all with an understanding that the immigrant experience can be a wild, scary, intense,… Continue reading To My Immigrant Parents

The Birth Control Bandaid

Content Warning: medical mistreatment Positionally Statement: This post is written by Ojuswani Phogat, a second-year student at UMBC and a student-staff member at the Women’s Center. In writing this blog, I hope to shed light on one of the many ways in which individuals who experience menstruation are disenfranchised by the medical community, who so often… Continue reading The Birth Control Bandaid

Diet Culture v. The Cultural Diet

Image description: A formal headshot of the author. Positionality Statement: This post is written by Ojuswani Phogat, a second-year student at UMBC and a student-staff member at the Women’s Center.  I am a South Asian American woman who has felt the persistent effects of diet culture first-hand. In writing this blog, I hope to identify… Continue reading Diet Culture v. The Cultural Diet