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Are Women Safe in Hospitals? Inside the NHS Sexual Assault Crisis No One Is Talking About.

Are women safe in hospitals? Not "should they be safe." Not "we hope they are safe." Are they actually safe The answer is carving itself into hospital records, police reports, and the bodies of women who went to heal and left violated.

Dec 22, 20258 min read

Can Gender Transition Be Reversed? Image of stick people varying from female to male.

Can Gender Transition Be Reversed? The Questions No One Wants You to Ask

They told you to trust the experts and stop asking questions. But here you are: asking anyway. Because something doesn't sit right. Because you've seen the stories. Because you love a child caught in this machine, or because you are that child, waking up on the other side wondering what the hell just happened.

Dec 16, 20253 min read

Delicate snow fungus thriving on a log in the rich ecosystems of East Asia.

Snow Fungus: The Unexpected Dessert Hero

Seriously, have you seen this thing?! Snow fungus looks almost too cool to eat—translucent, ruffled, and kind of like those fancy tissue paper decorations you see at parties.

Dec 9, 20252 min read

Picture of our Grand Map with one tent highlighted: Sadistic Killer Luka Magnotta Claims to Identify as a Woman.

The Cartographers of the Non-Happenings: Why We #PaintTheWorldRed

They told you to doubt your own eyes. They told you to trust the slogan over the statistic, the vibe over the evidence, the ideology over the woman standing right in front of you. So we built the Grand Map of Non-Happenings.

Dec 4, 20254 min read

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