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About Me

Maybe you read me in a women's studies class. Maybe you saw me in the waiting room at the doctor's office. Maybe your mom sheepishly shoved me into your suitcase as you were packing for college. Maybe you saw women examining their vaginas with mirrors and wondered where they got the idea.
For over 36 years I've helped women make informed choices about their health by providing truthful, straightforward information on everything from sex to body image to reproductive rights. I inspired the women's health movement back in the day. Nowadays I'm still working to break down the barriers of sexual, social, and economic inequalities with my newest edition.
Yeah, these are pretty large barriers to tackle, even if I am over 800 pages long. But now there's a nonprofit named after me! Some of our projects include working with women's groups all over the world to help adapt and me into culturally appropriate formats (ranging from workshops to booklets) to distribute in their communities. Currently, we are working with women in Israel, Nepal, Nigeria, and Turkey, among others.We also do a lot of outreach to the media to ensure that there is a counterpoint to the distortions and misinformation of commercial interests (We are one of the few womenâ€™s health groups in the U.S. that doesnâ€™t accept funds from pharmaceutical companies). To read more about our organization, check out our website here .
And since I can't go more than 10 minutes without providing helpful health information, check out the Our Bodies Ourselves free online resource center for a searchable database of health information, health news, and free excerpts from my chapters by clicking here .
We've also created a women's health blog to keep track of current events--check out some of our postings in our MySpace blog! Stay tuned for more updates!
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My Interests

Women's health, feminism, chocolate, reproductive rights, politics, reading, writing, Georgia O'Keefe, sharing information about health issues

I'd like to meet:

Feminists, advocates, activists, and anyone who supports equality, social justice, and good health.

To add me as your friend:
First name = Our Bodies Ourselves
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Also, I'm looking for a few good interns for this coming fall to help create and publicize me; my sister books; and my website. If you're passionate about women's health, feminism, advocacy and/or if you're interested in gaining experience in the field of publishing, send us a cover letter and your resume! For more info, click here.

Movies:

Here is a pretty great excerpt from Eve Ensler's "The Vagina Monologues."

And Joy Nash's Fat Rant is also worth a viewing:

Books:

Last fall we published a new book about menopause , check it out! We also have a book on pregnancy/childbirth in the works.

My Blog

Healthy Food Advice Welcomed

This is a little off the beaten path, but it is most definitely health-related. My 5-year-old niece visited for a sleepover this weekend, and despite being told that getting her to eat vegetables was ...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Wed, 25 Jun 2008 07:47:00 PST

Video of Preterm Birth Conference Now Available

The Surgeon General's Conference on the Prevention of Preterm Birth was held on Monday and Tuesday of this week, with goals of increasing awareness of preterm birth, reviewing the evidence on the topi...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:26:00 PST

New Study of Episiotomy and Tearing in Future Births

A study in the June 2008 issue of Obstetrics & Gynecology examines what happened when women who had an episiotomy during their first birth went on to have a second vaginal delivery. The researcher...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Wed, 11 Jun 2008 10:48:00 PST

Making the Connection Between Abortion, Pregnancy, and Birth

As Christine mentioned last week, the D.C. Abortion Fund and Our Bodies Ourselves sponsored a recent discussion on "Intentional Motherhood: Connecting Abortion, Pregnancy and Birth." Speakers included...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:47:00 PST

FDA Provides List of Pregnancy Exposure Registries

Determining the safety of medications during pregnancy can be difficult, with pregnant women needing to weigh the benefits of a potential medicine to themselves with the potential risks to the fetus. ...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Thu, 29 May 2008 08:32:00 PST

When Drug Marketing Creeps into Television Programming

As noted by the Wall Street Journal Health Blog, online searches for the drug amantadine spiked on Monday after the drug played a prominent role in the medical drama "House." The drug topped Monday's ...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Wed, 21 May 2008 02:03:00 PST

Feministing Interviews OBOS’ Judy Norsigian

Feministing.com this weekend interviewed Our Bodies Ourselves Executive Director Judy Norsigian about the new OBOS book, "Pregnancy and Birth" -- perfect timing for Mother's Day! The interview covers ...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Tue, 13 May 2008 09:21:00 PST

Fat Anti-Bias Campaign

"In an overwhelmingly overweight nation that worships thinness, many describe prejudice against the obese as one of the last socially acceptable biases," writes Lisa Anderson at the Chicago Tribune. "...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Tue, 06 May 2008 02:15:00 PST

Mini-Double Dose: Art, Pain and Illness; Genes and Race Disparity; Through Sickness, Health and

There are a number of interesting stories in The New York Times, so let's do a mini-double dose ... Pain as an Art Form: Well's Tara Parker-Pope does a nice job describing how art is used to communica...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:39:00 PST

Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birth Featured on NBC10

OBOS's own Judy Norsigian was featured yesterday on Philadelphia's 10! show (a production of the local NBC affiliate) in an excellent segment on the new book, Our Bodies, Ourselves: Pregnancy and Birt...
Posted by Our Bodies Ourselves on Wed, 23 Apr 2008 07:56:00 PST