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Mar 30, 2025 | ramonamag.com | Ramona MagazineLife |Michelle McQuaid

Words by Dr Michelle McQuaid I was just five years old when my relationship with perfection began. Standing in a supermarket checkout line, clutching a Little Golden Book, I had no idea how deeply Good Little, Bad Little Girl would imprint on my developing mind. The story was simple: a little girl could either be “good” (neat, quiet, obedient, patient, selfless, nice, grateful) or “bad” (messy, loud, defiant, demanding, selfish, unkind, ungrateful).

Aug 28, 2024 | ramonamag.com | Ramona MagazineLife |Rina Rossi

Words by Rina Rossi // photographs by Andrew White and Sam Bates In 2013, after surviving rape and spending six hours at a hospital, Harvard University undergraduate Amanda Nguyen discovered that her untested rape kit and the evidence would be destroyed after six months. The police didn’t give her a reason, but it soon became clear to Nguyen that this neglect was part of a broader disregard for women’s needs, prompting her to start non-profit, Rise.

Aug 28, 2024 | shorturl.at | Ramona MagazineLife |Rina Rossi

Words by Rina Rossi // photographs by Andrew White and Sam Bates In 2013, after surviving rape and spending six hours at a hospital, Harvard University undergraduate Amanda Nguyen discovered that her untested rape kit and the evidence would be destroyed after six months. The police didn’t give her a reason, but it soon became clear to Nguyen that this neglect was part of a broader disregard for women’s needs, prompting her to start non-profit, Rise.