Julia Métraux

Julia Métraux is a health and culture writer whose work has appeared in Narratively, Bitch Media, Business Insider, and Poynter. You can follow her on Twitter at @metraux_julia and read more of her work at juliasmetraux.journoportfolio.com.

Split screen image of Rebecca Grant and her book Birth

Why Pregnant People Are Choosing Birth Centers for Delivery

Julia Métraux

In Birth, journalist Rebecca Grant follows the journeys of three pregnant people who have all considered giving birth at a birthing center.

split screen image of author Diane Rosenfeld and the cover of her book The Bonobo Sisterhood

Patriarchy Is Monkey Business—Just Ask the Bonobo Species

Julia Métraux

Diane Rosenfeld has long been a legal expert on gender-based violence, and one of her biggest sources of hope isn't even from humans.

Split screen image of the book cover to The Pain Gap and its author, Anushay Hossain

How Sexism and Racism in Medicine Create the Pain Gap

Julia Métraux

Bangladeshi American writer Anushay Hossain's book, The Pain Gap, explores the devastating effects of medical misogyny and racism.

Photo of the exterior of the Beta Theta Pi house near Columbia University

Greek Life Is Even More of a Public Health Threat During COVID-19

Julia Métraux & Katherine Li

Potential superspreader events like fraternity parties and a return to in-person classes put chronically ill and disabled college students more at risk.

[PHOTO: Image on left of author Audrey Clare Farley and on right, The Unfit Heiress book cover]

What the Sterilization of a Wealthy White Woman Reveals About Eugenics

Julia Métraux

The story of Ann Cooper, told in The Unfit Heiress, "helped to modernize eugenics by shifting focus from hereditary to environmental defects."

Julia Métraux

Why Pregnant People Are Choosing Birth Centers for Delivery

Patriarchy Is Monkey Business—Just Ask the Bonobo Species

How Sexism and Racism in Medicine Create the Pain Gap

Greek Life Is Even More of a Public Health Threat During COVID-19

What the Sterilization of a Wealthy White Woman Reveals About Eugenics

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