Category: 5. Health

Identity is not fixed. It shifts depending on who is looking and what they expect to see. Ari’el Stachel’s “Other” asks what happens when the world names you faster than you can name yourself — and how those externally imposed…

Seven years ago, at 30 weeks into a seemingly low-risk pregnancy, I unexpectedly began to bleed. Doctors diagnosed me with complete placenta previa. Then, while on bed rest at 32 weeks, my placenta suddenly ruptured, leading to an immediate…