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Pap Smears are History!! (But keep having screening tests)

A Pap Smear is a screening test that was introduced in Australia in 1991, in efforts to reduce incidents and deaths from cervical cancer. 

If you are someone who has googled ‘Pap Smear’ since December 2017, you may have discovered you don’t need to have a Pap Smear any more. Pap Smears are history. 

I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me

In 2018, when I was twenty-one years old, I had a medical abortion. I knew I wasn’t ready to be a mother, I knew the man I was pregnant to wasn’t ready to be a father. Neither of us were financially or emotionally equipped for that and I knew that an abortion was the only course of action that I could take at that point in my life. 

Miscarriage and Stillbirth - Sharing and Support

Miscarriage and still birth are topics which are seldom widely and openly discussed. This forbidden status means we are ill-prepared when confronted with the subject of pregnancy loss, let alone the reality of the death of our own baby.

Ladies, trans and non-binary folk, and other people with periods… we need to talk about IUDs!

Imagine the feeling of relief if contraception became a men’s responsibility to deal with… :) If only! For now, people with periods have a few options, but the choice currently topping the charts is the IUD.

Okay, but what the heck is it?

The virus that causes cancer

That sounds like a horror movie. What are we talking about?

Human papillomavirus (HPV). It can cause cancer, including cervical cancer 

What is HPV?

Muscles on a stalk?! (Learn more about uterine fibroids)

What are you talking about? What are uterine fibroids? 

They are benign tumours in or on the muscle wall of the uterus.

How common are uterine fibroids?

Uterine fibroids are very common (picture Oprah Winfrey shouting to her audience, ‘you get a fibroid, and you get a fibroid!’) 

The health gap in Tasmania

There’s a big difference in how men and women experience health. Women spend 25% more of their lives in poor health relative to men, and they experience greater degrees of disability.

Undies, landfill, and climate change

Around 45 billion single use period products go into global landfill every month.  

These old-fashioned pads and tampons are full of plastic. They can take 500-800 years to break down and have a devastating impact on the environment.  

Be prepared! 

Wherever you live in Tassie, there are things you can do right now to reduce the impact of bushfires. This is good for your health! 

If you live close to the bush, do your 5-minute bushfire plan! Developed by the Tasmanian Fire Service (TFS), the plan will help you be ready and safe. It reminds you how to prepare your property and animals and what to pack in advance.  

Tea (and cake) at the Climate Café  

Climate anxiety can make us feel alone. That’s where Climate Cafés come in.  

Therese and Molly are about to begin hosting Climate Cafés in the nipaluna/Hobart area.  

What is a Climate Café? Is there cake? 

Molly: Climate Cafes are places where people get together to share difficult feelings about the climate crisis.