Stories By Sherina Poyyail
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Mental Health
The Mental Health Collective Breaking Through Caste Discrimination in India
May 1, 2020From creating safe spaces to conducting workshops, The Blue Dawn is exploring ways to confront the...
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Health
COVID-19 Is Feeding into America’s Childhood Obesity Problem
April 30, 2020With schools shut and a pandemic in full swing, children are consuming higher calorie meals and...
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Education
My Road to Grad School is Paved with Uncertainty Because of COVID-19
April 17, 2020A writer reflects on the confusion that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused in her life as...
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Health
Feeling Tired Despite Being Home All Day? Here’s Why
April 14, 2020Feelings of worry, fear, and grief may be linked to lower energy levels in lockdown despite...
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Health
The Lockdown Shows India’s Ill-Preparedness to Deal With Rampant Alcoholism
April 7, 2020With multiple suicides over alcohol withdrawal symptoms due to the sudden lockdown over coronavirus, the magnitude...
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Mental Health
Life in Lockdown With Abusive Families
March 31, 2020Being forced to live with abusive families may be detrimental to victims' mental health causing them...
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Gender
Feminism and Activism on Instagram
March 28, 2020Young women across the globe are turning to social media platforms like Instagram to curate and...
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Video
How Living With A Chronic Illness Can Impact Your Relationship With Your Body
March 16, 2020Growing up with a chronic illness affects your body image and self-confidence, say two women who...
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Mental Health
‘Go to Bed!’: How Sleep Duration Affects the Psychiatric Health of Children
March 13, 2020New research reveals that shorter sleep duration in children is associated with problems in cognitive performance...
