Michelle Duff

Contributor

Tattoo

'It's Transformative': Māori Women Talk About Their Sacred Chin Tattoos

Here's what it means to stamp your identity on your face.
Michelle Duff
7.27.17
Feminisme

Speaking with the Dead Is an Effective Way of Mourning

When a loved one passes, the grief can be overwhelming. But your bond doesn't necessarily end there.
Michelle Duff
5.16.17
death

Speaking with the Dead Is an Effective Way of Mourning

When a loved one passes, the grief can be overwhelming. But your bond doesn't necessarily end there.
Michelle Duff
5.15.17
LGBTQ

Butch Is Beautiful: Exploring Queer Masculinity, in Photos

"If you're butch and older than 25, there's not a lot of visibility. I wanted to open up [the conversation] to different kinds of butches."
Michelle Duff
3.6.17
Broadly DK

Why Self-Screening for STIs Could Do More Harm than Good

A Broadly investigation has discovered at least two websites are exploiting a legal loophole to import questionable HIV and STI tests into New Zealand and Australia.
Michelle Duff
2.24.17
Health

Don't Try This at Home: Why Self-Screening for STIs Could Do More Harm than Good

A Broadly investigation has discovered at least two websites are exploiting a legal loophole to import questionable HIV and STI tests.
Michelle Duff
2.24.17
mental health

The Diabetic Women Who Skip Insulin to Lose Weight

It's hugely under-diagnosed, but the risks of this little-known eating disorder include blindness, limb amputation, and early loss of life.
Michelle Duff
12.12.16
Health

Getting Vaccinated Is the Best Thing for Gender Equality, Study Suggests

Disease-ridden times were associated with more conformity, authoritarianism, and a reversion to traditional social norms—​all bad news for women.
Michelle Duff
11.16.16
reproductive rights

'I Know What it's Like': The 80-Something Abortion Pioneer Who Just Won't Quit

Once, a load of wet cement was dumped on her driveway. It did not dissuade her.
Michelle Duff
11.8.16
Childbirth

'I Thought My Baby Was a Little Horse': Why Some Women Trip After Giving Birth

When your baby finally arrives, exhaustion follows—that's a given. But some women have it far worse, tumbling into a nightmare of their mind's own making.
Michelle Duff
9.26.16
Culture

'It's Transformative': Māori Women Talk About Their Sacred Chin Tattoos

When New Zealand was colonized in the 1800s, the ancient Māori practice of moko kauae—or sacred female facial tattooing—began to fade away. Now the art form is having a resurgence. Here's what it means to stamp your identity on your face.
Michelle Duff
9.13.16
0102