where science and ethics intersect with politics
If consent is a fundamental ethical principle, what responsibilities do we have toward animals who cannot give it? Exploring bodily autonomy, reproductive control, and the uncomfortable distinction between caring for another being and using their body for our benefit.
In the 1840s, an enslaved teenager named Anarcha endured repeated surgical experimentation that helped shape early American gynecology. Her name was nearly erased from the record. This is the story of the girl behind the breakthrough — and the ethical reckoning her history demands.
When trace metals were detected in tampons, panic wasn’t the real problem — policy failure was. The viral reaction exposed a deeper truth: menstrual products used inside the body for thousands of hours over a lifetime remain under-regulated, under-researched, and insufficiently transparent.
