People Are Sharing The Positive Impact Of Birth Control On Their Lives

Women and men on Twitter are sharing how birth control has made their lives better. Planned Parenthood started the hashtag #BirthControlHelpedMe on June 18, raising awareness about the difference effective contraception can make in a person’s life. The hashtag is part of a campaign, featuring erected billboards in Times Square. Attacks on birth control are heating up, so it’s time

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This Woman Documented Her Breast Cancer Diagnosis, And 43 Million People Responded

In 2012, Holley Kitchen was diagnosed with breast cancer. After being treated with a double mastectomy, chemo, radiation and hormone therapy, she thought her cancer battle was over. But in November of 2013, she was told her breast cancer returned and had spread to her spine and bones. Kitchen now has stage 4 metastatic breast cancer, an aggressive form that

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12 Powerful Responses To People Who Think The Baltimore Protests Are Unnecessary

Protests over the death of 25-year-old Freddie Gray in Baltimore, Maryland gripped the city this week and prompted a series of news reports and social media posts reflecting the unrest that has unfolded. Gray died on April 19 after sustaining a spinal cord injury from an arrest — and his death has fueled protests, many peaceful but some violent, in

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When My Rapist Appeared Under Facebook’s ‘People You May Know’ Tab

“When my rapist showed up under the ‘people you may know’ tab on Facebook, it felt like the closest to a crime scene I’ve ever been.” That’s how Kevin Kantor begins his powerful slam poem, “People You May Know.” In the piece, Kantor recounts his experience of coming across his rapist’s Facebook profile — learning his assailant’s middle name, seeing

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Russell Crowe Wants The People He Blocks On Twitter To ‘Blow The F**k Up’

Russell Crowe loves Twitter, but he hates Twitter trolls, so he’s a big fan of the block feature, he told “The HuffPost Show” hosts Roy Sekoff and Marc Lamont Hill on Friday. But the star and director of “The Water Diviner” wants the act of blocking an annoying user to be much more dramatic. Check out the video above for

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