The Guiding Star Project Blog

More Than Our Sexuality

In the Summer of 2016, I read – among other things – what turned out to be one of the most disappointing books I’ve invested time in. My copy of Margaret Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale has been collecting dust

Phone-Based Apps: A 21st Century Facelift for FABMs

I’ll never forget their conversation on that car ride home. I was driving back from a nationally recognized nursing research conference with graduate nursing students in my research group. I was horribly intimidated by their knowledge of research methods and

Fertility Awareness as a Path to Health

This week, July 23-27th, we celebrate Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week. As a new face to the Guiding Star Project blogging team, I thought it would be fitting to share how my passion for the work of GSP originated

An Open Letter to Melinda Gates

The timing of your recent article, “Keeping Our Promise to 120 Million Women and Girls,” and the Global Family Planning Summit in London could not be better in light of the upcoming Natural Family Planning (NFP) Awareness Week. We are

We Think Teens Deserve Better: A Response to Teen Vogue

Recently, the online publication of Teen Vogue published an article titled, “Anal Sex: What You Need to Know – How to do it the Right Way.” This sensational, poorly researched and badly written article has garnered quite a bit of attention

The Alternative Care That Women Need

Last year I was treated for endometriosis, which is a disease that affects more than 5.5 million women in North America. However, it took seven years of doctor visits before I was actually diagnosed—which, believe it or not, is shorter