Zahra Barnes
Women's Health Mag
Washington, DC, United States
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Past articles by Zahra:
Is Yogurt Good For Weight Loss?
Yogurt can totally help you with weight loss, as long as you're choosing the right kind. These are the best low-carb and low-sugar yogurts you can buy online. → Read More
How to Be Your Own Best Advocate When You Have a Chronic Illness
This week on "Checking In," we talk about self-advocacy. Specifically: Here's how to be your own best chronic illness advocate when necessary. → Read More
Pandemic Dating: How Do You Even Start Dating Right Now?
This week on Checking In, we're talking about pandemic dating. → Read More
How to Have the Best Birth Experience Possible—Even in a Pandemic
We dive in on this week's Checking In podcast episode. → Read More
Climate Change Is Real. Here's What We Can Do About It.
A letter from the interim editor in chief introducing SELF magazine's April digital cover on climate change and sustainability. → Read More
A Beginner's Guide to Meditation
This week on our Checking In podcast, we get into how to start a meditation practice. → Read More
How to Cope With Anxieties and Questions About Your COVID-19 Vaccine
This week’s episode of the Checking In podcast is all about the COVID-19 vaccine rollout and what to expect when you get your own vaccine. → Read More
Introducing SELF Magazine's Healthy Eating Trailblazers
A letter from the interim editor in chief introducing SELF magazine's digital March cover featuring 16 healthy eating trailblazers. → Read More
Sex After Menopause: 8 Things You Should Know
There’s no need to go into it without preparation. → Read More
This World AIDS Day, Let's Work Together to Fight Stigma
World AIDS Day happens every year on December 1. This World AIDS Day, let's fight the stigma and have a conversation. → Read More
How to Have Multiple Orgasms When One Just Isn’t Enough
So you want to learn how to have multiple orgasms. Who could blame you? Experts share their best tips here. → Read More
Watch This New Documentary Exploring the Complex Link Between Psoriasis and Mental Health
In SELF's new psoriasis documentary, people with psoriasis and experts alike explore the complex link between psoriasis and mental health. → Read More
44 Mental Health Resources for Black People Trying to Survive in This Country
Black mental health matters, and it’s suffering under the weight of life in this country. Here are Black mental health support resources if you need them. → Read More
Yeast Infection or STD: How to Tell the Difference
Yeast infections don’t have a monopoly on itching, burning, and weird discharge. → Read More
Why Do We Have Pubic Hair?
We asked the question, “Why do we have pubic hair?” And spoke with an ob/gyn about the purpose of pubic hair and whether or not it’s okay to groom it. → Read More
Sexual Response Cycle: What Happens in the Female Body During Sex
What happens during sex to make it feel so good, you ask? The sexual response cycle. Learn all about the sexual response cycle here. → Read More
What I Learned as a Nondriver at Racing School
I’ve never been into driving, then I got the chance to go to a racing academy. Talk about going from zero to 90. → Read More
Labia Minora and Labia Majora: What's Considered Normal?
Labia minora and labia majora come in all shapes and sizes. Ob/gyns explain why your nether regions don't need any fixing. → Read More
8 Common Reasons Why It Burns When You Pee
Time to end the misery. Here, doctors explain the biggest culprits behind painful, burning pee, plus how to treat them. → Read More
Can You Have Sex When You Have HPV?
HPV should just not exist, but here we are. This infection is so common, but what does having HPV mean for your sex life? → Read More