when i first wrote that thank you note about three months ago celebrating 75,000 reads, i thought it would take me at least another year before i hit another milestone. instead, just a couple months later, here i sit writing out that this little space i am so happy to call ours has now crossed 250,000+ total read and has doubled in readers. every share and every read has meant more to me than words can even express. it amazes me how something that began as a small outlet for

james d. watson , the molecular biologist who helped reveal DNA's double-helix structure, has recently died on november 7th, 2025, at the age of 97 . his life and what he had discovered changed modern biology for the better, exposing how brilliance and bias can still coexist. in 1953, while working at cambridge with francis crick, watson co-proposed the double-helix model of DNA, revealing how genetic information is stored and replicated. their model drew from rosalind frankl

for decades now, women's health has been continuously spoken about in pieces of a puzzle. symptoms were separated from emotions, hormones away from habits, and biology barricaded from daily lives. but when you start connecting the dots, patterns start to arise. these aren't exactly new, they've always been here. we're just starting to notice them. for a couple months now, i have had the pleasure to be working within MĚI, a youth-led organization working to help advance menstr