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Summer is here! 10 Fun things to do in the summer!
By: Sharron Reed-Davis, WSS Program Coordinator The semester is over and graduations have finished. For some students it's break time,...
Sharron Reed-Davis
May 21, 20242 min read
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Let’s Be Real: Pregnancy Tests & Birth Control are EXPENSIVE!
By: Harsna Chahal (she/her/hers), Sexual and Reproductive Health Intern in W*SS Let's be real…birth control and pregnancy tests can be...
Harsna Chahal
Feb 7, 20244 min read
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Self-Care Tips and Tricks for this Semester
By:Taylor Murdick (she/they), W*SS programming and events intern As we enter our third week of classes, the work is beginning to pile up...
Taylor Murdick
Jan 22, 20242 min read
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Rest As Resistance
By: Sharron Reed-Davis, W*SS Program Coordinator December.. …a time of both great joy and great stress. The final stretch of the fall...
Sharron Reed-Davis
Dec 5, 20233 min read
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Student Advocacy for Free and Accessible Emergency Contraceptives
By Harsna Chahal, Master of Public Health Currently, I am acquiring my Master of Public Health and will be starting Medical School in the...
Harsna Chahal
Nov 1, 20233 min read
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Black Mothers Lives Matter Too
By: Alexis Smith, W*SS Reproductive Justice Intern Racial disparities have plagued the healthcare system resulting in Black women afraid...
Alexis Smith
Mar 22, 20232 min read
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The Importance of Platonic Love
By: Joslyn Miller, Women*s Initiative for Leadership Development (WILD) Programs & Events Intern Love is all around us. I’m not talking...
Joslyn Miller
Feb 8, 20232 min read
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Crisis Pregnancy Centers: Not What You Think They Are
Collectively written by the W*SS Staff January 22, 2023 would have been the 50th anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Instead of celebrating...
Women’s Student Services MSU
Feb 1, 20233 min read
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What We're Watching/Reading/Listening to in W*SS
By: Gabby Wahla, Assistant Director Welcome back from break and a long weekend celebrating Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Spartans! We...
Gabby Wahla
Jan 18, 20232 min read
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How to Train the Voice in Your Head
By Ashleigh Lowe, W*SS Undergraduate Programs & Events Intern November is typically a stressful time in the Fall Semester. Finals are...
Ashleigh Lowe
Nov 16, 20222 min read
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Love You, Choose You
By: Jada James, Social Work Intern hooks,b. (2018). All About Love: New Visions. HarperCollins Publishers. “We all need to rid ourselves...
Jada James
Sep 28, 20222 min read
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Tampon Tax Repealed in Michigan
By: Mariam Turkey, Undergraduate Intern On Thursday, February 3rd, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Michigan’s tampon tax was...
Mariam Turkey
Feb 21, 20222 min read
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Rethinking Mindfulness During the Winter Months
By: Gigi Shannon, Undergraduate Intern During the gloomy winter months, especially here in the Lansing area, it’s difficult to stay...
Gigi Shannon
Feb 1, 20221 min read
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What About Relaxation?
By: Ashleigh Lowe, Undergraduate Intern We’ve reached a stressful point in the semester. Personally, I am less motivated but the amount...
Ashleigh Lowe
Nov 16, 20211 min read
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Setting the Standard
By: Mariam Turkey, Undergraduate Intern It all starts with you. High self-esteem is a frame of mind that allows one to hold oneself in...
Mariam Turkey
Sep 14, 20212 min read
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Zoom Fatigue is Real
By: Gabby Wahla, W*SS Graduate Assistant Zoom fatigue is real. Many students sit at their computers all day, spend their class times on...
Gabby Wahla
Dec 1, 20202 min read
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Go Green! Ecofeminism, Earth Day, and Online Activism Opportunities
By: W*SS This Wednesday, April 22 we celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Earth Day. Every year, Earth Day brings together people from...
Women’s Student Services MSU
Apr 21, 20202 min read
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"Social" distancing is out, PHYSICAL distancing is in
By: W*SS We have no doubt you've heard the term "social distancing." If you haven't, it is the term going around as we distance ourselves...
Women’s Student Services MSU
Apr 7, 20202 min read
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How to practice self care while you are practicing social isolation/distancing
By: W*SS For people everywhere, this is a scary time. The widespread pandemic of coronavirus/ COVID-19 prompting many dire circumstances:...
Women’s Student Services MSU
Mar 17, 20203 min read
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Spring Break as a chance to recenter ourselves
By: W*SS The semester has really picked up for a lot of us. Whether you are crushing your midterms this week, have a big deadline for a...
Women’s Student Services MSU
Feb 25, 20202 min read
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