Published May 7, 2019 Updated February 26, 2022 Link to the post Intactivism is a Mental Disorder QUESTIONS How did you conceive of this idea? We read Shelley Wright’s 2014 note describing her extraordinary reaction whenever she learns that a boy is circumcised. Former intactivists have reported how their mental health improved dramatically after they left the movement. One former intactivist said that there should be “a new DSM5 addition that has to do with this unhealthy ob

Published May 7, 2019 Updated periodically Click here for FAQs and Pushbacks about this post Jonathon Conte, a leader of Bay Area Intactivists, tragically took his own life on May 9, 2016. Five years earlier Conte wrote about his motivations as an intactivist. He grew up feeling normal and whole. As a teenager he learned about circumcision, and he blamed his own infant circumcision for his genital soreness and discomfort. [1] He expressed "a feeling of incompleteness, both ph

May 5, 2019 We stand in admiration, respect, and awe of professional nurses, and we appreciate all that they do to provide for the needs of their patients. In commemoration of National Nurses Week, we share this post in which an ICU nurse described what her typical day entails. The original post was published on Facebook in September 2016. Today I woke up feeling like I had a hangover. I'm starting my 4 day break from the ICU, after working 6 of the last 8 days. I dragged mys