Journalism; reporting; cultural criticism
Covering the systems that shape the personal.
Sandra Rose Salathe’s work asks what forces shape the most intimate parts of people’s lives; and whose experiences are still missing from the story.
The work
For more than a decade, Sandra has reported on women’s health, reproductive rights, sexuality, wellness, and the policies and institutions that influence how people understand and care for their bodies.
She is especially drawn to subjects people are often encouraged to keep private: abortion, menstruation, contraception, menopause, sexual health, medical bias, bodily autonomy, and unequal access to information and care.
Her journalism combines expert reporting with personal stories to make complicated subjects clear, human, and difficult to dismiss. Her goal is not only to explain what is happening; it is to help readers understand why it is happening, who it affects, and what is at stake.
Report rigorously
Ground each story in evidence, expert knowledge, historical context, and careful sourcing.
Listen closely
Make room for people whose experiences are too often ignored, simplified, or spoken for.
Name the stakes
Connect private experience to the policies, institutions, and power structures shaping everyday life.
Beyond the byline
Matriarchs of Horror
Matriarchs of Horror is not a departure from Sandra’s journalism. It is another way of investigating many of the same questions.
Through the podcast, essays, interviews, and book recommendations, Sandra uses horror to examine women, power, desire, fear, rage, intimacy, religion, aging, authorship, and resistance.
The format is different, but the tools are familiar: research, interviews, historical context, close reading, and a commitment to understanding the human experience beneath the story.
Portfolio
Selected Journalism
Reported features, interviews, essays, and service journalism covering women’s health, reproductive justice, sexuality, wellness, culture, and the policies that shape everyday life.
