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She's Not Asking You. But She's Asking Someone. (opens the original)
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The questions girls ask most, when they finally feel safe enough to ask anything, are startlingly specific.How do I measure for a bra? Nothing fits me the way things seem to fit everyone else. Am I growing at the right pace? Why does my body look so different from my friends?These came up in several conversations I had with girls while building Qiwion. Across cities, backgrounds and cultures, the questions were nearly identical. Now the question is: how do they learn the right answers to all the
We're So Good at Protecting Her. We Forgot to Prepare Her. (opens the original)
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There is a moment that often comes in the life of a mother. The moment when their daughter asks something they weren’t prepared for. It could be about her body, puberty, or something she saw or heard and needs a word for.And most often, the response defaults to, “You don’t have to worry about that yet” or “you will know when it’s time”The Indian mother, in my experience, one of the most fiercely protective forces in the universe. She will fight, worry, sacrifice for her daughter without a though
How Do You Manage Being In-Between (opens the original)
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Have you noticed the chaos a girl goes through when she is around 9 or 10 years old? She’s done with the kids’ section. The colours, patterns and designs aren’t her style anymore. However, it’s not ready for the women’s section either. The fits here are a little too pronounced.She’s stuck in the middle, and for decades nobody paid attention to this middle - especially the innerwear segment.But here’s what I know from speaking to hundreds of girls and mothers: the in-between is everything.These y
I Read Everything About Puberty as an Adult. Here's What I Wish I'd Known at 13. (opens the original)
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When I decided to build Qiwion, I did something I should have done years earlier.I read everything.Books on puberty, developmental biology, textile research on adolescent bodies, cultural studies on girlhood. I consumed it the way I should have been taught it at 12, thoroughly, openly, without shame.And the thing that struck me most wasn’t what I learned. It was how much of it I should have already known.The information existed. We just weren’t given it.Most of us, I’m including myself, and prob
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