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The Bubble That Keeps Bursting

A history of F Newsmagazine and Student Activism

TikTok For Her

What does it mean to be a ‘girl’?

Vaginismus: How I Reclaimed My Body

How I got my body back.

Resources for the Concerned Uterus

In the face of an abortion ban, the effort to prevent pregnancy and dangerous home abortion will be dependent on us: the resistance.

Big Tobacco Is Using You

Tobacco companies’ malfeasance and art school nonchalance.

Obamacare is Here: Are You Covered?


As of 2014, the Affordable Care Act has gone into effect. F Newsmagazine provides the basics and explains how to get covered.

The Future of Fitness at SAIC

What the School is Doing to Improve Student Fitness


While the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommends that young adults get at least sixty minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity almost every day of the week, the chilly jaunt to and from school is hardly enough exercise to stimulate the creative spirit and foster students’ well being. Indoor exercise space and affordable fitness options are noticeably lacking at SAIC during these dreary months, adding to the perpetual concern for student’s physical and, consequently, mental health.

Of Sound Mind

SAIC’s planned mental health wellness initiatives.

Mystery Woman Performs Enema at Victim’s Home

A visually impaired 53-year old Sonoma man received an unexpected visitor - a woman who claimed that she was sent to perform an enema on him....

What’s that lump on your dick?

The most common sexually transmitted infection (STI), genital HPV, is a “silent epidemic,” according to every medical professional I’ve talked to about it. About 75% of men and women of reproductive age have it, according to one study. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and American Social Health Association web sites say that among 15-24-year-olds, 9.2 million have been infected, although, because of the difficulty in detection, such studies may be inaccurate. The fact is that HPV is hugely widespread.

STD’s and Condoms: Are You Really Safe?

As sexually active young people today, you may wonder, are you really safe? The answer is: probably not.

STD’s and Condoms: Are You Really Safe?

As sexually active young people today, you may wonder, are you really safe? The answer is: probably not.

Putting an End to the Curse: Alternatives to the Common Tampon

Did women recognize the hidden politics of menstruating a hundred years ago when they were denied education, jobs, and land for such reasons as "hysteria" and periodic "irrational behavior"? Or, did women then just accept these biases as a matter of course, the way women today accept paying more for a haircut or for their shirts to be dry- cleaned or pay countless dollars (or, if you want to count, how about $17) every month on tampons, panty liners, and maxi-pads. Plus tax, because, after all, feminine "hygiene" products are a luxury, kind of like a sailboat or a fancy red car, don't you think?