Doctor's visits - xoJane http://www.xojane.com/list/doctors-visits en Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500 <![CDATA[It Happened To Me Contest Entry: I Got Fat Shamed By My Doctor And I Fucking Hated It (She Also Pinched My Vagina)]]>

Oh, what’s that you say? My vagina is 100% healthy? Then please, do shut up about my weight.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-to-me-contest-entry-i-got-fat-shamed-by-my-doctor-and-i-fucking-hated-it-she-also-pinched-my-vagina http://www.xojane.com/it-happened-to-me/it-happened-to-me-contest-entry-i-got-fat-shamed-by-my-doctor-and-i-fucking-hated-it-she-also-pinched-my-vagina It Happened To Me Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:30:00 -0500 IHTM CONTESTANT <![CDATA[PRAISE AND DISGUST: The Problem With Being Labeled “Scary Skinny”]]>

UGH, I’m getting all serious again. Sorry, but stomach flu just isn’t conducive to beauty writing. This will be brief!

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/issues/scary-skinny http://www.xojane.com/issues/scary-skinny Issues Mon, 31 Dec 2012 11:00:00 -0500 Gabi Rivera-Morales <![CDATA[For F*#$'s Sake, Fat People Need To Go To The Doctor Too]]>

As you might know, I am fat. I also deserve health care.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/healthy/for-fs-sake-fat-people-need-to-go-to-the-doctor-too http://www.xojane.com/healthy/for-fs-sake-fat-people-need-to-go-to-the-doctor-too Healthy Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:00:00 -0400 Marianne <![CDATA[People With Down Syndrome Can Be Jerks, Too]]>

Growing up with someone with an intellectual disability taught me that they have the right not to be sweet all the time.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/family/down-syndrome-with-alzheimers http://www.xojane.com/family/down-syndrome-with-alzheimers Family Drama Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:00:22 -0400 Kate Conway <![CDATA[Does Anyone Else Feel Like They Broke Their Kid?]]>

When my son was small, I felt like I was doing it wrong. Like everyone in the world was judging me for the choices I'd made.

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]]> http://www.xojane.com/family/parenting-insecurities http://www.xojane.com/family/parenting-insecurities Family Drama Mon, 07 May 2012 10:00:23 -0400 Bassey