Lilli Petersen

"It was a visceral reaction. But it was also an immediate call to action."

Anaya Balaji, 13, is just at the start of her teen years, and she’s already really over period stigma. “More than half of the world menstruates, you know?” she says passionately.

In Elite Daily’s election series, I've Got Issues, we’re having conversations with young voters all across the country who hold different opinions on some of the biggest “dealbreaker” issues in politics. First up: abortion.

I thought about her a lot, about whether or not she was going to make it to her appointment, and about all the things that could go wrong.

In a crowded Democratic primary field, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York knows who she is, and what she stands for. According to the senator, opposing sexual assault and supporting reproductive choice starts earlier — way earlier. Kirsten Gillibrand shared her stance on consent-inclusive sex education with Elite Daily, and let's just say she's thinking big picture.

Getting an IUD isn't a pink badge of honor for those who want to assert their reproductive rights. It's merely a choice, and one among many — after all, it's being able to decide what's right for you that's empowering, no matter what you end up choosing.

For the past two days, the hashtag #MeToo has been taking over social media as a way for people (mostly women) to share their experiences of sexual assault or harassment and highlight how prevalent it really is. As it blew up, I, like many women I know, dithered and hesitated. I didn't know if my stories were serious enough, were "real" enough. I didn't know if I wanted to put myself out there. But I couldn't let others go at it alone. I took a deep breath, and I shared two simple words: Me Too.

The campaign is an amped-up version of the enormously successful campaign that PPAF ran during the 2012 election, when it spent about $12 million. That campaign saw returns of close to 100% , according to nonprofit group Sunlight Foundation — PPAF backed the winning candidate in almost every race . With that success under its belt, PPAF is more than doubling its spending for 2016.“The centerpiece of our program is door-to-door, person-to-person canvas,” Schifeling said. “We know the most effecti

On Monday night, mourners from New York and around the world came together to honour and memorialise the victims of the Orlando shooting, and remind themselves that "love beats hate." Refinery29 was at New York's historic Stonewall Inn as hundreds of people turned out to shine a light for the victims of early Sunday morning shooting at Pulse nightclub in Orlando that left 49 dead. The crowd, packed tightly to hear the community and political leaders who spoke at the vigil, stretched for se

Working mothers are employed in every field and industry, and in Denmark, that includes sex work. Bonnie, a single mother of three, has been working in Denmark's legal sex trade since she was 18 years old.